sexual violence in conflict
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 12, 2022
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As most of the world’s superpowers continue to impose sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Britain says it will double-down on its effort to call out Russia by ensuring it does not continue to…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 12, 2021
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Human-rights advocates around the world are assessing how much lasting damage could still be done to universal human rights after the four-year assault from the Trump administration. Although the Trump years ended with the swearing-in of President Joe Biden…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 5, 2020
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Germany is anticipating two milestones between now and Dec. 31 — make that three. On July 31, its monthly rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council ends, and on Dec. 31 its two-year stint on the Council is…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency
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- Opinion by Hillary Margolis
- • June 20, 2019
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I can’t stop thinking about Marie. She was 30 years old when I met her in 2015. Two years earlier, six fighters armed with rifles and machetes burst into her home in the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui….
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- Opinion by Z. Pinar Erdem
- • May 3, 2019
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The United Nations Security Council recognized that men and boys are targets of sexual violence both in wartime and in post-conflict settings. Resolution 2467, approved on April 23, calls upon UN member countries to strengthen policies to provide help for victims. As…
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 11, 2018
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A decision by the United Nations Security Council to add sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence should have gone smoothly. The proposal, led by the Netherlands and Sweden, was meant to deter such violence in conflict zones and other…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Libya, Security Council
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- Opinion by Gustavo Macedo
- • June 18, 2018
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Historically neglected, gender-based violence is now becoming broadly recognized as a legitimate and urgent agenda item among the United Nations member nations, notably in the UN’s most powerful forum, the Security Council. But the future of the agenda is…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Responsibility to Protect, SDGs, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 2, 2017
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Moving away from strictly categorizing rape and other sexual abuse against women as a weapon of war, a new report from the United Nations addresses the increasing use of rape as a weapon of terrorism. The report also documents…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Trafficking, Libya, Middle East, Peace and Security, Women
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- Rhona Scullion
- • March 8, 2016
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LONDON — The Center for Women, Peace and Security, based at the London School of Economics in Britain, is a year old. The first of its kind in Europe, the center aims to shed light on the prevalence of…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Women
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • March 10, 2015
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A recent cease-fire seems to be holding in eastern Ukraine, promising relative relief in the region from the incessant, percussive beat of heavy artillery from Howitzers, tanks and rocket launchers with a backbeat provided by Kalashnikov AK-74s. Fighting in…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • July 6, 2014
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — “Please don’t let the world forget us again.” The plea is heard everywhere by men as well as by women in the picturesque Balkan city of Sarajevo, the site of Europe’s most destructive…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, International Justice, Women
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- Opinion by Yasmine Ergas
- • December 17, 2013
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Gender is at the center of international agendas, not at their periphery. Today, plans in Sochi for the forthcoming Olympics — the emblem of international cooperation — are riven by disputes over Russia’s policies toward lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender persons. Peacemakers in…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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