gender and war
- Isabella Flisi
- • October 30, 2016
BOGOTÁ — By a thin margin, Colombian voters said no in early October to a peace agreement to end the decades-long war in the country between the guerillas, FARC-EP, and the government. The painstakingly written peace pact was developed…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, LGBT, Peace and Security, Women
- Danielle Goldberg and Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
- • October 14, 2015
Fifteen years ago, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on women, peace and security, a landmark international law that demands women’s participation in decision-making on international peace and security. Though seldom recognized, the fundamental roots of…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Shiwani Neupane
- • September 1, 2014
Pamela Philipose was editor of the Women’s Feature Service, the only syndicated news service in India with a gender perspective, for nearly six years, until she stepped down this year as editor in chief and director. She wore other…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 19, 2014
As Sunni Muslim extremists first seized strategic cities in Iraq last week, and a United Nations spokesman for the human-rights high commissioner, Navi Pillay, said that rapes had been part of the mayhem, leaving four female victims dead from…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, ICC, International Justice, Women
- Navi Pillay
- • November 4, 2013
There is now overwhelming evidence that conflicts exacerbate pre-existing gender discrimination and put women and girls at heightened risk of sexual, physical and psychological violence. One appalling example of this evidence is the report recently to the Human…
- Categories: Gender Violence, WORLDVIEWS
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