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Promoting women in peace processes
The Washington Times ^ | July 31, 2019 | Shea Garrison (Concerned Women for America)

Posted on 08/03/2019 11:47:34 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There are many issues Democrats and Republicans disagree on, but elevating women in peace negotiations should certainly not be one of them.

Just a few weeks ago, the United States under the Trump administration became the first country in the world with a Women, Peace and Security (WPS) comprehensive law (2017) and strategy (2019) bringing women to the negotiating table in global peace efforts. This is something to be widely celebrated.

I have proudly worked with women across the aisle to train, support and empower women around the world — because ending poverty and violence against women, and increasing their participation and agency in all spheres of life should be a bipartisan issue everyone can get solidly behind,

The U.S. Women, Peace, and Security strategy shows just how far the elevation and participation of women has come. It is more than a token gesture to women’s empowerment; it is a priority for U.S. national security and defense strategies. This means it’s not just good for women, it’s good for our country. Also, the WPS strategy calls for promoting and tracking women’s “meaningful participation” in peace processes which U.N. Women defines as contributing in a way that is more than just representation and filling quotas. It means that “women are at the table when negotiations are taking place, women’s interests and lived experiences are fully reflected in peace processes, and that women are equally considered in recovery efforts in the aftermath in conflict.”

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.N, and other international bodies including women in peace and security processes will “reduce conflict and advance stability” in key regions . . .

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cfr; conflict; congress; donaldtrump; economics; empowerment; equalrights; ivankatrump; peace; terrorism; trump; un; war; wgdp; women; wps

1 posted on 08/03/2019 11:47:34 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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PING!


2 posted on 08/03/2019 11:48:06 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
There are many issues Democrats and Republicans disagree on, but elevating women in peace negotiations should certainly not be one of them.

Shockingly silly idea. How about we elevate the best people for every job. I am sick of the racism and sexism that pretends chromosomes or skin tone are relevant to job requirements, whether as a positive or as a negative. Both are simple sexism/racism and have no business in anything as important as business or politics.

The only area where the radical left pretends that chromosomes don't matter is in dating - the one area where they do matter.

3 posted on 08/03/2019 12:03:11 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“the first country in the world with a Women, Peace and Security (WPS) comprehensive law (2017) and strategy (2019) bringing women to the negotiating table in global peace efforts.”

https://webmail.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/believe.wav


4 posted on 08/03/2019 12:06:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It is so not a good thing.


5 posted on 08/03/2019 12:08:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Conservative women yes

Commies and socialist nuts. No


6 posted on 08/03/2019 12:51:14 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

We had the nation’s leading woman in charge. She gave pallets of cash to Iran.

She allowed Iran to continue it’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons operations.

Sorry, women are feelings based for the most part. And when you get a democRat person leading from that perspective, disaster lurks.

We need men in charge, and no not Leftist soy boys.


7 posted on 08/03/2019 12:59:49 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: Truthoverpower

Know women. No peace.


8 posted on 08/03/2019 1:08:03 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Pollster1

I agree.

Women should have every opportunity to be just as incompetent as men:
Peter Principle for one and all


9 posted on 08/03/2019 1:16:22 PM PDT by seowulf
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
bringing women to the negotiating table in global peace efforts. This is something to be widely celebrated.

Why?

10 posted on 08/03/2019 1:24:29 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Truthoverpower

Old Rush Limbaugh line delivered to Barbara Walters—

I am a women’s movement fan. Especially walking behind one of them.


11 posted on 08/03/2019 3:31:53 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I have proudly worked with women across the aisle to train, support and empower women around the world — because ending poverty and violence against women, and increasing their participation and agency in all spheres of life should be a bipartisan issue everyone can get solidly behind,

HMMMmmm…

It seems just a small step to Interfering in another countries elections.

12 posted on 08/03/2019 8:09:25 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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