On Monday 17 November 2008 the Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence presents a one day conference exploring how United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 can address the impact of armed conflict on women and ensure that women are central to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building.
Politicians have been urged to become ambassadors for Ireland’s global campaign to tackle gender based violence, in an effort to increase global action on this issue. Addressing an event today (17.12.07) to mark the third-year work programme of the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence, former President, Mary Robinson, urged Oireactas members and Irish MEPs [...]
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Mary Robinson delivers assessment of Irish initiative to tackle gender based violence. Ireland has the capacity to make a significant impact in preventing and responding to gender based violence, provided the issue continues to be prioritised at a political and organisational level. According to the Director of the Ethical Globalisation Initiative, Mary Robinson, “the measures [...]