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WPS Strategic Insights paper launched<\/em><\/p>\n

ASPI launched its third Strategic Insights<\/a> paper on WPS. This year\u2019s collection of articles offers insights and recommendations to address some of the emerging challenges\u2014including cybersecurity, health security and resource management with a strong focus on Australia\u2019s engagement in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Global datasets on gender equality and violence against women released<\/em><\/p>\n

A new global index scores<\/a> countries based on their achievement of gender equality. Unsurprisingly, no country has achieved gender equality<\/a> based on its underlying indicators. Nor will any country achieve this by 2030. Datasets and analysis like this index will play a crucial role in tracking progress on UN Sustainable Development Goal 5, to end gender inequality and empower women.<\/p>\n

A new database tracking incidents of political violence against women<\/a> not only aggregates data on the frequency of incidents but has uncovered trends in the types of political or sexual violence faced by women in different regions. The new data will be updated weekly and can be found here<\/a>, along with an accompanying report.<\/p>\n

Namibia adopts new WPS action plan <\/em><\/p>\n

Namibia has launched<\/a> the country\u2019s first WPS national action plan, which incorporates emerging security issues<\/a> such as climate change, cybersecurity and human trafficking. Namibia currently chair<\/a>s the WPS Focal Points Network and is working to establish an international women\u2019s peace centre in Windhoek.<\/p>\n

O Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced<\/a> C$1.4 billion per year will be provided to support global women\u2019s and girls\u2019 health by 2023. Approximately C$700 million per year will go towards sexual and reproductive health. Speaking in Vancouver at the world\u2019s largest conference on gender equality, Women Deliver<\/a>, Trudeau expressed deep disappointment with backsliding on women\u2019s rights around the world.<\/p>\n

Canada has appointed Jacqueline O\u2019Neill<\/a> as its first ambassador for women, peace and security. This role has a whole-of-government mandate to provide advice on the implementation of Canada\u2019s action plan <\/a>and its feminist foreign policy.<\/p>\n

Stoush over UN language<\/em><\/p>\n

Debate over the language to be used in a UN resolution on humanitarian responses is ongoing in Geneva. The New Humanitarian<\/em> has provided in-depth analysis<\/a> of the text changes and their effects, if they are adopted.<\/p>\n

Impact of Trump\u2019s global gag rule grows<\/em><\/p>\n

The International Women\u2019s Health Coalition has released a report<\/a> which investigates the effect of US President Donald Trump\u2019s \u2018gag rule\u2019 on marginalised populations in Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria and South Africa. It found that since the introduction of the measure, which requires any foreign nongovernmental organisation that accepts US global health funds to certify that it does not provide abortions, information, counselling or referrals and that it does not advocate to expand access to safe abortion services, women and girls are increasingly at risk of serious injury and death as they seek unsafe abortions. This piece<\/a> in Foreign Policy <\/em>examines the impact of the rule by looking at a not-for-profit group in Colombia affected by this policy.<\/p>\n

US releases WPS strategy<\/em><\/p>\n

The White House has released a new WPS strategy<\/a> centred on four \u2018lines of effort\u2019: supporting the meaningful participation of women in decision-making, promoting the protection of women\u2019s and girls\u2019 rights, adjusting US international programs to better empower women and encouraging partner governments to improve the meaningful participation of women. This article<\/a> lays out the reasons for the strategy\u2019s release and analyses differences between this strategy and the previous US national action plan.<\/p>\n

Gendered perspectives of violence in Latin America <\/em><\/p>\n

This article<\/a> by Chris Telley explores the failure of the US Department of Defense to consider gendered perspectives in Latin American conflicts. Recognising the newly released US WPS strategy, he argues that the DoD has failed to use women as a force multiplier to act as a conduit against corruption and to navigate the human terrain of conflict. He says \u00a0a gendered lens can offer different perspectives on the sustainability of peace after a conflict and presents an opportunity to improve the military effectiveness at the tactical and operational levels.<\/p>\n

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict<\/em><\/p>\n

On 19 June, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict<\/a>, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted<\/a> the importance of shifting to a survivor-centric approach. With this significant shift in UN Security Council Resolution 2467<\/a>, the BBC has documented the stories of survivors detailing the \u00a0ongoing effects of the widespread use of rape during the Rwandan genocide<\/a> and the use of sexual violence against female protestors<\/a> in the recent unrest in Sudan. The Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence, known as Sema<\/a> (\u2018speak out\u2019 in Swahili), has called<\/a> for the end of impunity for these crimes.<\/p>\n

Understanding the link between climate change and women\u2019s security<\/em><\/p>\n

On 8 June, the UN celebrated World Oceans Day<\/a> with the theme of \u2018gender and the ocean\u2019. Writing for CNN, Rebecca Loy has unpacked<\/a> this relationship, considering areas such as the gender imbalance in marine conservation and oceans governance, particularly in the context of women\u2019s greater vulnerability to natural disasters.<\/p>\n

A report<\/a> by Maram Ahmed has looked at the specific vulnerability of women during climate change\u2013induced mass migration, noting that climate change adds \u2018a new layer of complexity to the area of gender\u2019 and will have significant cascading effects for the development and empowerment of women and girls.<\/p>\n

Kyrgyzstan \u2018space women\u2019 look to the stars<\/em><\/p>\n

In this Al Jazeera<\/a>\u00a0report, Hannah McNeish spotlights the Kyrgyz Space Program, which seeks to increase girls\u2019 participation in space technology with the launch of Kyrgyzstan\u2019s first satellite. Programs like this improve girls\u2019 education and access to technology in developing areas.<\/p>\n

Faces of war<\/em><\/p>\n

To finish this month\u2019s wrap, we recommend checking out this photo series<\/a> by Joey Lawrence which documents women from the Yazidi and Kurdish communities in their fight against the Islamic State terror group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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