Peace and Conflict Monitor Update http://www.monitor.upeace.org The Peace and Conflict Monitor provides a forum for academic discussion and peace journalism on relevant regional and global issues. Against the war on women: V-day in the Congo http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=504 Remarks by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World, delivered at the 10th Annual V-Day Celebrations, New Orleans, LA 4:00 pm CDT, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Gender and Peacekeeping: a few challenges http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=505 Drawing on her extensive experience with UN peacekeeping operations, including serving as Senior Gender Advisor for MINUSTAH, Nadine Puechguirbal discusses some of the ongoing challenges to gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping missions, and ultimately, the creation of a more just society. China's Death Grip on Tibet http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=506 Recent unrest in Tibet and the protests which followed the Olympic Torch relay around the world have attracted a new level of international attention to the long standing struggle between Tibet and China. Scott Lowe gives some insight into the history of this struggle and addresses the question that baffles so many in the West - why the PRC is so unwilling to consider Tibetan independence. Olympics rhymes with politics http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=507 Are the Olympics just another form of war by proxy? Raluca Batanoiu comments on the inherent nationalist sentiment of the Games and the long history of protests and politics they have reflected. The ruins of Zimbabwe http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=508 Air Pollution and Climate Change: China's Policy Options http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=509 The Beijing Olympics have become a focus point for environmental policy discussions, including the enormity and complexity of the global climate change challenge. In this article, David Chalmers discusses China's contribution to climate change and the human security implications of the carbon tariffs that seem likely to result. Olympian China: Meet the Largest and Most Censored Pool of Internet Users in the World http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=510 As Francesca Musiani writes, the widest mass of Internet end users is now located in an undemocratic country, allowing only a “tamed” version of the Internet, wrapped in state censorship and control. In this special report, Musiani discusses the unique Chinese internet experience and the implications of media regulation on the Olympics and beyond. Pride, Protests, and the Beijing Olympics http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=511 "Perfect Storm" or Manufactured Hunger? Understanding the Global Food Crisis http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=512 Marco Rossi discusses the economic and political policies behind the global food crises including the impact of energy markets on food prices, the consequences of food aid on developing economies, global climate change, and the overarching economic philosophy which tolerates poverty and inequality for the sake of profit.