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Published in: 50.50No more 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man'As a political instrument of power projection and status, nuclear weapons carry a peculiarly masculine symbolism. In...
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Published in: 50.50Civil society diplomats at the UN
" We’re not interested in making war safe for women… There are many substitutes for oil, but I can't think of a...
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Published in: 50.501325: an exciting moment
"If we’ve done as much with as little resources as women have, think what we could do with more. Women are the...
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Published in: 50.50Rape in war: the time for 'never again' is now
On October 17th thousands of Congolese women, led by Olive Lembe Kabila marched to end impunity for sexual violence...
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Published in: 50.501325 and the violent world of small arms
Earlier this year the Philippines became the first country in Asia to launch a National Action Plan to implement...
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Published in: 50.50Making women's opposition visible to NATO
NATO's continued 'mission creep' demands a degree of militarization that masculinizes and deforms everyday life. The...
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Published in: 50.50Peacework: to love a stranger
If we, who have paid the highest price can talk to each other, then everyone should be able to
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Published in: 50.50Interfaith peacework: a glimmer of solidarity
Just as borders, once drawn, become subject to militant patrol, so are the lives and bodies of women once they are...
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Published in: 50.50Religion, peace and gender
As the number of interfaith and faith-based peace initiatives grows, women peace activists from twenty one countries...
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Published in: 50.50Good substance, bad politics: the row over 1325
Why won’t the Security Council endorse the Secretary General’s strategy for enhancing women’s role in matters of...
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Published in: 50.50SCR 1325: just words on a piece of paper
"SCR 1325 is a tool, and the utility of a tool depends on how it is perceived and how activists employ it. So we...
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Published in: 50.50NATO: fiddling with nuclear bombs while the planet burns
Next month NATO members meet in Lisbon to agree on a new Strategic Concept. Rebecca Johnson argues that if we...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of peace: SCR 1325 at 10
As the 10th anniversary of SCR 1325 approaches and the debates heat up, it is with dual and conflicting senses of...
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Published in: 50.50How can we build an effective global peace movement?
If we are to present a credible challenge to the system of interlocking interests that combine to entrench...
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Published in: 50.50Building a global peace movement
How can we build a strong and effective global peace movement?’ Cynthia Cockburn, Howard Clark and Dave Webb reply...
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Published in: 50.50Why criminalise dialogue with terrorists?
UK Parliamentarians, the US Congress and the European Parliament need to take a closer look at the aspects of...
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Published in: 50.50The power in telling stories
Nonviolence is a value, a tool, and a force which ordinary people can and do use daily. The undocumented nature of...
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Published in: 50.50A platform for humanity - The UK's Bath experiment
Positive peace is more than the absence of war. Groups campaigning to advance the causes that are vital to building...
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Published in: 50.50NPT: challenging the nuclear powers' fiefdom
The NPT Review provided a bridge between the partial non-proliferation approach of the NPT and the comprehensive...
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Published in: 50.50NPT: the gulf between the nuclear haves and have-nots
The key question as the conference enters the endgame is whether the P-5 nuclear weapon states are willing to drop...
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