Rapports

Burmese government troops are still committing a litany of human rights abuses in Shan State, according to Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN), a Thailand-based NGO which recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Burma. Speaking at a…

By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY Just two weeks after the violent police crackdown on peaceful copper mine protests, an international business investment assessor has included Burma in a top-10 league of countries at “extreme risk” for…

AKRON, Pa. – “Men are gold, women are cloth” – this common Khmer proverb reflects the lowly status women bear in Cambodia, where Women Peacemakers, a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) partner, is working to reduce…

Sexual violence is one of the most horrific crimes committed during conflict. Our new briefing outlines the extent of the issue and the steps needed to put an end to these crimes against children. Sexual violence is…

12 November 2012 – A conference aimed at maintaining the Government transparency and accountability as well as increasing community participation opened in Bamyan today. During the eighth Bamyan provincial Annual Reporting Conference of Government to the People,…

An alliance of over a dozen Afghan civil society organizations launched a nationwide 19-day campaign last week to raise awareness against abuse and violence targeted at children and youth. According to Abdul Sami Zhman, the Founder and…

New ICJ report documents ‘Crisis of Impunity’ The Sri Lankan government must immediately cease its assault on the independence of the judiciary, the ICJ said in a new report released today. The 150-page report, Authority without Accountability: The…

18 October 2012 – The elimination of sexual violence in conflict is not impossible, a United Nations senior official said today, stressing that to fully eradicate this scourge there needs to be a stronger political will…

This discussion paper examines the links between cash transfers and the positive and negative outcomes for children – in particular, the role cash transfers have played in protecting children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. It…

By HANNA HINDSTROM Published: 24 August 2012 A young girl emerges from a dark room with barred windows. Inside a group of women sit huddled on the dirty floor, some clutching small children. At immediate glance the women…