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Asia-Pacific women directly address regional peace and security concerns to 1325 review

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Asia-Pacific Women’s Alliance for Peace and Security (APWAPS) co-hosted the first regional CSO consultation for the Global Study on the Implementation of SCR 1325 in February 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The event was a collaboration between APWAPS, Saathi Nepal, Cordaid, GNWP and UN Women. This consultation was the first regional civil society forum convened by renowned rights advocate, Radhika Coomaraswamy,

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Women forging new pathways at the crossroads of peace, security and development in Asia-Pacific

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Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific tend to be long-running, inter-generational and localised, and are among factors contributing to the feminisation of poverty in the region.   Conflict and development in the region are inextricably linked, explained Kamala Chandrakirana at an official side event as part of the 20-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, and therefore ESCAP and member

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about APWAPS

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The Asia-Pacific Women’s Alliance for Peace and Security : A space for collaboration and conversations to bring about the kind of peace and security that matters to women across Asia and the Pacific. Women’s rights continue to be violated in conflict. Gender inequality continues to breed violence. Gender-based violence is too often perpetuated with impunity. Women’s roles in building peace

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capacity sharing

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Capacity sharing is recognised as an important role of APWAPS, particularly to ensure that it supported the efforts of local women in conflict affected communities in their efforts to address peace and and security issues.  Capacity building activities aim to utilise the skills among network members, create synergy and identify/address existing gaps in capacity building initiatives across Asia and the

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