An article by Yanar Mohammed written for TerraViva magazine which was dedicated for the UN Resolution 1325 on women in areas of conflict. A shorter version was published in their last issue.

The UN resolution 1325 was passed unanimously ten years ago for a good reason. Women in conflict zones never participate in decision-making throughout or towards the end of conflicts. They rarely get the protection they need against gender-based and sexual violence. In time of war and military conflict, women's rights in practice and legislation are lost due to a prevailing culture of military and para-military violence which is usually practiced by males. The post-conflict transitional times call for new legislation, which rules the lives of many generations to come, still regularly lack any gender-based perspectives.

UK artist’s debut single deals with honour crimes

Born and raised in the north of England, Hekima has developed a special penchant for socially aware songwriting.  In the past two years, the video for his track ‘The Robots Rebellion’ has been featured on the website of David Icke and the Conscious Media Network respectively.

‘Shame’, which he wrote in 2008, has had an interesting journey.  Originally telling the story of a woman whose life spirals into self destruction, its lyrical content (and title especially) also carries an uncanny double meaning, spookily relevant to honour crimes. So when he was approached earlier in 2010 to lend music to a video made by an anti-honour killings Facebook group, ‘Shame’ was the most obvious choice.

For many of us in OWFI, the news of Jennifer's car accident and passing away was a shock. She leaves us with deep sorrow for the loss of a dear friend and ally