by Operation 1325 | Sep 14, 2012 | News
This week the British Embassy in Stockholm hosted a roundtable discussion on violence against women with Mark Lowcock, the Permanent Secretary of the Department of International Development (DFID) in the UK. Present were a number of Swedish non-governmental...
by Operation 1325 | Sep 10, 2012 | News
10/09/2012 In a heat of almost 40° Celsius and in a room without air condition we gathered, women from a number of civil society organisations and I (Emmicki Roos), in Khartoum to engage in a workshop concerning the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution...
by Operation 1325 | Sep 5, 2012 | News
05/09/2012 In five days, on September 10, the Somali Parliament will elect the next President of Somalia. Dr. Shukria Dini has written an open letter to Somali clan elders, who were responsible for nominating the candidates for the commitee-elected, newly formed...
by Operation 1325 | Aug 23, 2012 | News
At Operation 1325’s lecture at the Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations, 23 participants from 20 different countries were present to learn more about methods of integrating a gender perspective in military missions. The questions during the lecture...
by Operation 1325 | Aug 23, 2012 | News
In January 2012, the Swedish Armed Forces opened the Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations, with the purpose of integrating a gender perspective in all military efforts. Civil society’s cooperation with the Armed Forces is a central part in...