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Published in: 50.50Britain's boycott of the UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks
With opposition to Trident growing, the British government has refused to join this week's UN multilateral nuclear...
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Published in: 50.50U.S. Defense: the question of women's roles in conflict
The 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 peace
At 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 intifada
Recognizing 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 terrorism
Key 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 gap
UN 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 Ireland
With 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 conflict
There 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 Plans
Much 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 peace
Gender 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 reports
The 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 law
The 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-Palestine
Nadera 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 change
The 2015 WILPF manifesto outlines how those who choose peace over conflict must act, and recognises that...