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The observations highlight how the Council considers the issue of women and armed conflict important to international peace and security. They express the Council's concern about civilians in armed conflict, particularly women and children, who constitute most of the victims of conflict [citation needed] and who are increasingly targeted by armed groups.
An August 2012 Implementation Plan set priorities for implementation of the National Action Plan. [3] Full implementation of women, peace, and security objectives put forward by the U.S. National Action Plan has been limited by external challenges ranging from lack of political will among international partners to societal discrimination against women in countries around the world.
Olanike Olugboji-Daramola was born on 1 July 1974, in Kaduna, Nigeria.She spent her formative years in Nigeria, where she pursued her education. Her educational background includes primary education at Nigerian Air Force Nursery and Primary School, Mando, Kaduna (1977-1978), AWA Nursery School, Waff Road, Kaduna (1978-1980), and Command Children's School, Dantuku Road, Kaduna (1980-1985).
The United Nations has identified the enhancement of women's involvement as way to achieve gender equality in the realm of education, work, and health. [106] This is because women play critical roles as caregivers, formally and informally, in both the household and the larger community.
In the same year, the PBF selected seven gender-sensitive peacebuilding projects to receive $5 million in funding. [61] Porter discusses the growing role of female leadership in countries prone to war and its impact on peacebuilding. When the book was written, seven countries prone to violent conflict had female heads of state.
Chodorow connects the contrasting dyadic and triadic first love experiences to the social construction of gender roles, citing the universal degradation of women in culture, cross-cultural patterns in male behavior, and marital strain in Western society after Second Wave feminism. She argues that in marriage, women prioritize children over sex ...
The nomination was notable for including not only celebrities, but also relatively unknown women who have made significant contributions to world peace. [5] Although the prize was ultimately awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, [6] the initiative was successful in drawing public attention to the role of women in peacemaking. [2]
In the United States in 2012, it was estimated that there was an incidence of 12,000 new cases, and 1,300 deaths, from cancer among children 0 to 14 years of age. [64] Cancer is the second leading cause of death in males and fourth in women under the age of 20 in the United States. The survival rate of children with cancer has improved since ...