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# Daily Links - 20 October
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18163/
- Published: 2005-10-20T12:10:13.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:17.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

How can the reconstruction of [“civil society”](http://www.international-alert.org/pdfs/TK14%5Fcivil%5Fsociety.pdf?ref=opendemocracy.net) in war-torn countries open the door for women to get more involved?  
Women can create an autonomous political space here argues the 14th part of the Toolkit (by [IA and WWP](http://www.international-alert.org/our%5Fwork/themes/gender%5Ftraining.php?ref=opendemocracy.net)).  
  
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[“Must Boys Be Boys? Ending Sexual Exploitation & Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Missions”](http://www.refugeesinternational.org/files/6976%5Ffile%5FFINAL%5FMustBoys.pdf?ref=opendemocracy.net) (refugeesinternational.org, 18/10/05). UN peacekeeping missions recklessly step down on 1325 shows Refugees International report.  
  
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[“Report Says Abuse by U.N.'s Blue-Helmets Persists” ](http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2493&ref=opendemocracy.net)(Bojana Stoparic, womensenews.org, 10/18/05)  
Bojana Stoparic points out that, sexual abuses by UN blue helmets are not new.  
  
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**From the archive:** [“It’s the nations, stupid!”](https://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-UN/reform%5F2836.jsp) (Ian Williams, opendemocracy.net, 15/09/05).  
Beyond black and white: what was lost at the last UN summit and what can still be done?