Author(s):
Chayer Amelie <amelie@icbl.org> .
Friday 18 September 2009
The Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines has launched an advocacy kit on gender and mine action, in September 2009.
This kit has been developed as a tool to empower local women's grassroots organisations wishing to advocate for gender mainstreaming in mine action in seven countries: Colombia, Croatia, Lebanon, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Yemen.
Existing research indicates that local women's grassroots organisations hold vital information about women, girls, boys and men in mine affected communities. Their involvement in the planning and implementation of mine action strategies (should it relate to mine clearance, mine risk education or victim assistance) at the local and international level can only bring great benefits for those living with the scourge of landmines and for the international mine action community in general.
The kit is available in seven languages: Arabic, Croatian, English, French, Sinhala, Spanish and Tamil.
To order a copy, please contact info@scbl-gender.ch. Copies are also available free of charge on the website of the Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines.
