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Published in: 50.50U.S. Defense: the question of women's roles in conflictThe U.S. Department of Defense has paid scant attention to local women in conflict as either aggressors, crucial...
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Published in: 50.50Who's missing from Syria's peace talks?Those organising Syria’s peace talks must go beyond merely ticking the gender representation box. It's essential to...
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Published in: 50.50World Courts of Women: against war, for peaceAt the World Court of Women meeting held in Bangalore witnesses to violence and injustice highlighted political...
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Published in: 50.50An intimate intifadaRecognizing and understanding Palestinian women’s unprecedented engagement in the latest wave of violence in Israel...
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Published in: 50.50When does the violation of women's bodies become a "red line"?If people divide their understanding of militarized violence into normal and not normal, acceptable and not...
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Published in: 50.50John Kerry, where are women’s voices in the Syria peace talks?The US may be tempted to congratulate itself for wrangling Russia to the table for the meeting on Syria’s peace...
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Published in: 50.50UN peacekeeping: blue banner for hope, or red flag for abuse?For decades the ‘Blue Helmets’ have been sexually exploiting and abusing those they were sent to protect. The UN is...
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Published in: 50.50UN resolution 2242: gender, generation, and counter terrorismKey issues that remain unresolved within the Women, Peace, and Security agenda include: the nature of gender, the...
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Published in: 50.50Women, peace and security: the UN's rhetoric-reality gapUN Security Council resolution 2242 passed with overwhelming support. but effective implementation was immediately...
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Published in: 50.50UN calls for women’s engagement in countering violent extremism: but at what cost?Women are already on the frontlines of violent extremism. Engaging with them is not about instrumentalizing them but...
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Published in: 50.50Moving beyond political paralysis in Northern IrelandWith Stormont in crisis, it's time to bring everyone to the table and re-work the Good Friday Agreement. This must...
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Published in: 50.50Lifting the ban on women’s shelters in Iraq: promoting change in conflictThere is a crisis-level need for shelter in Iraq, so why does the Iraqi government maintain a policy that stymies...
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Published in: 50.50Implementing Resolution 1325: the role of National Action PlansMuch has been gained by the women who secured SCR 1325. Seven resolutions on, these resolutions and their intent now...
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Published in: 50.50On the frontline: women building peaceGender is a matter of international peace and security. The anniversary of SCR 1325 provides a platform to reclaim...
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Published in: 50.50Missed opportunities: gender and the UN's peacebuilding reportsThe Open Debate this week on the 15th anniversary of SCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security is the UN's chance to...
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Published in: 50.50Faultlines, refugees, and the lawThe refugee crisis in Europe has challenged many accepted truths, and shown that the solution lies in applying...
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Published in: 50.50The UN: are development and peace empty words?
As governments adopt the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, their roles in producing and selling weapons...
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Published in: 50.50Security theology: life, death and the everyday in Israel-PalestineNadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian spoke to Zoe Holman in the West Bank about Israeli settler-colonialism, a necropolitical...
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Published in: 50.50Mobilising for peace and freedom: from aspiration to lasting changeThe 2015 WILPF manifesto outlines how those who choose peace over conflict must act, and recognises that...
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Published in: 50.50Analysing Aaronovitch: has the scourge of ‘conspiracists’ become one himself?David Aaronovitch claims ‘unbelievable’ notions about child abuse that ‘bewitched’ professionals decades ago are...
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