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UNIFEM Australia is proud to launch our 2010 Federal Election Platform! We are extremely grateful for the hard work of our Young UNIFEM Australia committees who are the primary authors of this election platform.

In the lead up to the Aug. 21st election, UNIFEM Australia will be updating our site with weekly editorials providing deeper analysis into our election platform issues. Below is the list of issues in our platform in the order that they will be discussed. Click on the issue heading below to access the editorial:
• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• Violence against Women 
• Pay Equity
• Paid Parental Leave
• Aid and Development

To view our 2010 Federal Election Platform click here.

This election platform has been approved by Julie McKay, UNIFEM Australia, 1 Geils Court, Deakin, ACT, 2600.

Meet us for our 2010 Federal Election Gender Dialogue!

UNIFEM Australia wants to hear the voices of our members and the public and what is on your mind for this year’s big election. In order to facilitate a dialogue around the concerns of women and UNIFEM Australia’s platform, we would like to invite you to meet us on Gender Equality Online throughout the course of the election for our Federal Election discussion forums. Here UNIFEM Australia will have our 2010 Federal Election forum created with each of our platform topics set up for discussion and information sharing. This invitation is extended to anyone interested a gender analysis for human rights in Australia and in our region. 

In October it will be the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325.

This resolution was the first time the impact of conflict on women and important the role women can play in post-conflict resolution had been recognised.

UNIFEM has launched an online petition asking for all government's to support three steps to implement Security Council Resolution 1325:
- prosecute those who command/or commit sexual violence and exclude them from armies and police forces after conflict
- Ensure that women participate in peace negotiations and all post-conflict decision-making institutions
- Increase the number of women in troops, police forces and civilians within international peacekeeping efforts

Please go to http://www.saynotoviolence.org/make-women-count-for-peace and sign the petition now!

For more information on SCR 1325, please click here.