Launched in September 2009, the advocacy 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. It is available in many languages.
Geneva, 12 August 2009 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly denounces the killing of civil society activist Ms Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov. According to reports, the couple was abducted on Monday 10 August by armed men claiming to be part of security services from the Let’s Save the Generation office, a non-governmental organization founded and run by Ms Sadulayeva. Their bodies were found on Tuesday 11 August.