Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it. - Jenny Shipley - Quotesmemo.com

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Jenny Shipley

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

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Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.

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With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.

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By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

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The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way.

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The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as the World Bank and others have discovered

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