Women in Security – Page 18

Women in Security covers a wide-range of issues as it explores the link between women, security, and development. As a forum to stimulate discussion and instructive debates, the NATO Association of Canada will examine the ways in which women both contribute to and are the focus of Canadian and NATO defence and security initiatives. This program also offers a critical look at the structures and institutions that shape the role of women in security at home and abroad.

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Women of the Palestinian Intifadas

Seema Kawar takes a look at the participation of women and girls in the past Palestinian Intifadas and the most recent uprising.

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Women’s Security is State Security

Victoria Heath illustrates the connection between women’s security and state security with her latest infograph.

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The New Face of Justice in Canada

A short profile on the new Justice Minister of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould and the importance of her appointment to the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women.

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Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada: Part II

Seema Kawar further explores the different aspects of violence against indigenous women in Canada as well as the responses of the local community and the Canadian Government.

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UN Peacekeepers: Are the Protectors a Threat to Women and Children? (Part II)

Building on from her last article, Seema Kawar explores the issues of accountability and ways forward in more detail.

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United Nations Security Council 1325: 15 Years Later

In 2000, the UNSC passed resolution 1325. Nancy Kanwal discusses key findings from the Global Study on the implementation of resolution 1325.

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Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada: Part I

Seema Kawar touches on the facts and causes behind the epidemic of Indigenous women who have been murdered and have gone missing in Canada.

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Bangladeshi All-Women Peacekeeping Unit

Bangladesh has deployed the world’s first group of 160 all-women UN peacekeepers to Haiti.

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UN Peacekeepers: Are the Protectors a Threat to Women and Children? (Part I)

Seema Kawar examines how some UN peacekeepers pose as a threat to women and children in areas where they are deployed.

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The Suffragette Effect: Bonnie “the Trailblazer” Butlin

Bonnie Butlin, winner of Professional Magazine’s – 2015 Women in Security Award, challenges a male-dominated field, akin to Suffragettes before her.