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Gender

WomenWatch (IANWGE): portal for the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality.

Peacewomen - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: the section women and peacekeeping: focuses on publishing press articles about human rights violations by peacekeepers.

UNIFEM: portal for UN Development Fund for Women with many regional and international links.

Women, War and Peace: the Independent Experts' Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women's Role in Peace-building by Elisabeth Rehn and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is one of the best documents on the issue. Specifically, chapter 5 deals with UN peacekeeping operations with cases and statistics on UN reactions to reports of violations.

WomenWarPeace.com: UNIFEM's new web portal on women, war and peace.

Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.

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