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Lessons for the WPS agenda in the Solomon Islands
Posted By Amelia Meurant-Tompkinson on April 27, 2018 @ 09:00
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[1] United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/wps/
[2] gender inclusive approach: http://www.defence.gov.au/WhitePaper/
[3] deliberately and strategically targeted: http://www.undp.org.fj/pdf/unp/evaw.pdf
[4] gender-based violence was an entrenched feature: https://gvrnconference.arts.unsw.edu.au/node/40/paper/1003
[5] just add women and stir: http://www.peacewomen.org/assets/file/Resources/Academic/1325-1820-partpp_justaddwomenandstir_gender_peaceprocesses__parametersquarterly_2011.pdf
[6] but also in its civic institutions: http://dfat.gov.au/geo/solomon-islands/development-assistance/Pages/development-assistance-in-solomon-islands.aspx
[7] better placed than the military: https://www.sipri.org/research/conflict-and-peace/peace-operations-and-conflict-management/police-peace-operations
[8] among the highest in the world: http://www.mwycfa.gov.sb/
[9] only one female MP: https://www.pacwip.org/country-profiles/solomon-islands/
[10] held the senior role of commander: https://nautilus.org/publications/books/australian-forces-abroad/solomon-islands/ppf-command-solomon-islands/
[11] prevent gender-based violence: http://www.ramsi.org/works/family-violence/
[12] discussions on land matters can only be done between males of the tribe: http://www.ramsi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Looking-Beyond-RAMSI.pdf
[13] landowner grievances and acrimonious competition for land: https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/as-ramsi-ends-solomon-islanders-look-to-the-future-20170622-gww2g1.html
[14] women have long played an important role: http://www.forumsec.org/resources/uploads/attachments/documents/LMCM%202_6%20COMPLETE.pdf
[15] follow matrilineal land inheritance: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/09/solomon-women-carry-climate-change-burden-201492374735560628.html
[16] one need only look at Bougainville: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-11/bougainville-panguna-mine-determine-lease-renewal/9243436
[17] has become the new economic mainstay: https://ramumine.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/landowners-to-rescue-solomon-islands-mine-and-perhaps-more/
[18] Climate change displacement: https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2015/the-vanishing-island/
[19] conflict over land ownership: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/2101-threat-of-conflict-heating-up
[20] women’s participation in local and magistrate courts: https://www.scribd.com/document/141547514/Final-Volume-1-Truth-and-Reconciliation-Commission-in-the-Solomon-Islands