WPS on the agenda at the United Nations Women, peace and security was in focus at the United Nations in January, with a number of high-profile events and new developments. The UN Security Council held …
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On the first anniversary of the Chibok girls’ kidnapping, Nigerian activist Hamsatu Allamin told the UN Security Council that efforts to prevent violent extremism will not succeed without women’s participation. She said women in northeast …
Originally published 9 November 2018. Overnight, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Australian Brigadier Cheryl Pearce, on promotion to major general, as the next force commander of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus …
In the month before Abiy Ahmed was sworn in as the new prime minister in April 2018, Ethiopia was on the brink of civil war and inching further into the unknown. Unrest led by the …
The key to a highly capable defence force is the people who serve in it, says ADF chief Angus Campbell. General Campbell, who has long stressed the importance of increasing the number of women in …