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Giving women access to and control of natural resources such as land, water, forests and minerals is essential to ensure war-torn countries can achieve long-term peace, according to a United Nations report releasedtoday.

“At a practical level, women form the majority of resource users and managers in peacebuilding settings, but this responsibility seldom translates to the political or economic levels. This has to change,” said the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner.

“Peace and development can only be achieved when both men and women access and benefit from natural resources in an equitable and sustainable way.”

The report, Women and natural resources: Unlocking the peacebuilding potential, states that while women in conflict-affected countries are often primarily responsible for meeting the water, food and energy needs of households and communities, they are largely excluded from owning land, benefiting from resource wealth, or participating in decisions about resource management.

We invite our users to read the complete article published November 6 2013

Giving women access to and control of natural resources such as land, water, forests and minerals is essential to ensure war-torn countries can achieve long-term peace, according to a United Nations report releasedtoday.

“At a practical level, women form the majority of resource users and managers in peacebuilding settings, but this responsibility seldom translates to the political or economic levels. This has to change,” said the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner.

“Peace and development can only be achieved when both men and women access and benefit from natural resources in an equitable and sustainable way.”

The report, Women and natural resources: Unlocking the peacebuilding potential, states that while women in conflict-affected countries are often primarily responsible for meeting the water, food and energy needs of households and communities, they are largely excluded from owning land, benefiting from resource wealth, or participating in decisions about resource management.

We invite our users to read the complete article published November 6 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women. They are not feminists,” according to Basma Soudani, from The League of Tunisian Female Voters in Tunisia, as we sat down for an interview.

Soudani and a group of practitioners, policy makers and experts involved in minority rights and participation within the context of constitution building processes, have just spent two full days at a conference on “Including minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building processes” in The Hague on 28-29 October, 2013.

Organized by International IDEA’s Constitution Building - and Diversity Programmes, with support from the Government of Norway, the objective of the conference was to capture and distil practical knowledge gained from successes and failures, strategies of engagement, and lessons learnt regarding ensuring participation of minorities and women in constitution building processes, and designing constitutions to protect marginalized groups and challenges relating to rights and representation of minorities and marginalized groups in implementing constitutions.

We invite our users to read the complete article published October 30th 2013