Imperatives of women’s inclusion in the Afghanistan peace process
The Taliban, the Afghan government and the international community should include Afghan women in any peace process – not just in formal discussion but as... Read More
On Resolution 2467
That the US successfully imposed itself in the wording of a document that addresses women’s rights the world over and managed to force a regressive... Read More
Erdogan’s war on women
Kurdish women in one of the strongest and most radical women’s movements in the world are taking a battering from the Turkish state with impunity... Read More
The political participation of women in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Dayton Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement are inarguably similar, but also unique in their own right. For one, they differ in the outcome... Read More
Conflict and women – ten facts about conflict and its impact on women
It is vital to account for this triple role and the basic impact of armed conflict on women so as to be able to sensitise... Read More
What is the value of a woman?
Both men and women need to continue the conversation about gender equality and empowerment before it is pushed aside by other more pressing matters. The... Read More
25th November – silent violence against women
Inequality and the walls built around the informal sector are the marks of the “silent violence” against women. On 25th November, this day for the... Read More
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 fifteen years on
Resolution 1325 was the first time that the UN Security Council had looked at the experiences of women in war and post-war situations, and their critical... Read More
Salaam and Paz – the word for peace is women
Situated far from sites of official peace negotiations, women’s activism, caretaking and community-building is often relegated to the category of service provision, but sustainable peace... Read More
Creating space for women as transformers of conflict
It was not until 2000 when the passing of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 detailed the specific risks facing women in conflict and determined to tackle this... Read More
Rape, sexual slavery and flogging – a crisis situation for women in Sudan
A new report by the The International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict, entitled ‘Survivors Speak Out: Sexual Violence in Sudan’, details the rape,... Read More
Poems of war, peace, women, power
In her poems and plays, Suheir Hammad blends the stories and sounds of her Palestinian-American heritage with the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a... Read More
UN Security Council Resolution 2122 on Women, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice
On 18th October 2013, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution that puts in place stronger measures for women to participate in all phases of conflict... Read More
Women, wartime and the dream of peace
In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat. Zainab Salbi tells powerful “backline” stories of women who keep everyday life... Read More
Sexual violence and indigenous women in conflict
Sexual violence during conflict is often used as a way to destroy indigenous populations. Sexual violence impacts not only the individual women, but the community... Read More
Afghanistan – I want to study, so shoot me
By denying women many of their most basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan was the proverbial death-knell for progressive lifestyles of women in the country; as the shocking case of Malala Yousufzai demonstrates in the starkest possible manner.
Women in Afghanistan – struggling for representation in the peace process
The absence of a women’s grassroots support network or social movement is one of the key reasons women have been unable to exert more influence on the peace process in Afghanistan, meaning that any future peace settlement may lack sufficient safeguards to promote and entrench women’s voices.
