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July 2025
The reintegration of 5 million veterans may be Ukraine鈥檚 next major battle: Results from a recent survey in Ukraine
While discussions of a ceasefire remain clouded by diplomatic uncertainty, Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight on the frontlines. Once the fighting on the ground ends, these women and men will likely face their next battle in reintegrating into civilian lives.
袪械褨薪褌械谐褉邪褑褨褟 5 屑褨谢褜泄芯薪褨胁 胁械褌械褉邪薪褨胁 屑芯卸械 褋褌邪褌懈 薪邪褋褌褍锌薪懈屑 胁械谢懈泻懈屑 胁懈锌褉芯斜褍胁邪薪薪褟屑 写谢褟 校泻褉邪褩薪懈: 袪械蟹褍谢褜褌邪褌懈 薪械写邪胁薪褜芯谐芯 芯锌懈褌褍胁邪薪薪褟 胁 校泻褉邪褩薪褨
袧邪 褌谢褨 写懈锌谢芯屑邪褌懈褔薪芯褩 薪械胁懈蟹薪邪褔械薪芯褋褌褨 褖芯写芯 屑懈褉薪懈褏 褍谐芯写 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻褨 胁芯褩薪懈 锌褉芯写芯胁卸褍褞褌褜 斜芯褉芯薪懈褌懈 褋胁芯褞 泻褉邪褩薪褍 薪邪 锌械褉械写芯胁褨泄. 携泻 褌褨谢褜泻懈 斜芯泄芯胁褨 写褨褩 蟹邪泻褨薪褔褟褌褜褋褟, 褑褨 卸褨薪泻懈 褨 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻懈, 泄屑芯胁褨褉薪芯, 蟹褨褌泻薪褍褌褜褋褟 蟹 薪芯胁芯褞 斜懈褌胁芯褞 - 锌芯胁械褉薪械薪薪褟屑 写芯 屑懈褉薪芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟.
June 2025
Commemorating the 25 June 2022 terror attack against Oslo Pride: a chronology
As a political event the June 25 attack is remembered both in the context of domestic terror attacks and in the context of terror attacks against queer communities globally.
How do women ambassadors reshape diplomacy at the UN Security Council?
On the occasion of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, 24 June.
October 2022
To Support Afghan Women Activists, Prioritize Local Knowledge over Numbers
In July, the US Department of State launched the聽US-Afghan Consultative Mechanism聽in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, Atlantic Council, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and Sisterhood is Global Institute. As the Taliban continues to strip聽women聽and聽vulnerable groups聽inside Afghanistan of their human rights, the Mechanism intends to provide ...
Sexual Violence by Military Leaders: The Canadian Leadership Crisis
Content Warning: This blog contains content related to sexual violence and sexual assault. The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is steeped in a culture of sexual misconduct. CAF leadership has allowed an environment of sexual misconduct to fester for decades, stretching from military colleges through every branch of the military. Thirteen ...
June 2022
Should We Abandon the UN Security Council as an Anchor for Women, Peace and Security?聽Personal Reflections from New York
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the UN Security Council鈥檚 death have been greatly exaggerated. That does not mean to say that the legitimacy crisis is not real nor that the long-term trajectory 鈥� escalated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine 鈥� might not be terminal. The consequences for ...
Mass Shootings Are Mostly Committed by Men: How Might a Gender Lens Help Us Understand This?
Two recent mass shootings in the U.S. have once again drawn attention to its high rate of gun violence and mass shootings. The sheer number of guns in the U.S. and the ease by which they can be purchased are undoubtedly parts of the explanation. What those factors don鈥檛 explain ...
April 2022
校泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻褨 卸褨薪泻懈 斜械褉褍褌褜 褍褔邪褋褌褜 胁 芯锌芯褉褨 褨 屑邪褞褌褜 斜褉邪褌懈 褍褔邪褋褌褜 褍 屑懈褉薪懈褏 锌械褉械屑芯胁懈薪邪褏: 褉械蟹褍谢褜褌邪褌懈 薪芯胁芯谐芯 芯锌懈褌褍胁邪薪薪褟
袞褨薪泻懈 褦 芦薪械胁褨写鈥櫻斝夹叫狙� 褔邪褋褌懈薪芯褞 泻褉邪褩薪懈 褌邪 褩褩 芯锌芯褉褍禄 – 蟹 褌邪泻懈屑 锌芯褋谢邪薪薪褟屑 蟹胁械褉薪褍谢邪褋褟 写芯 褋胁褨褌褍 锌褉械蟹懈写械薪褌 芯褉谐邪薪褨蟹邪褑褨褩 芦袥邪 小褌褉邪写邪-校泻褉邪褩薪邪禄 Ka褌e褉懈薪a 效e褉e锌a褏a,聽 胁懈褋褌褍锌邪褞褔懈 锌械褉械写 袪邪写芯褞 袘械蟹锌械泻懈 袨袨袧 褍 泻胁褨褌薪褨. 校 褋胁芯褦屑褍 胁懈褋褌褍锌褨 胁芯薪邪 褌邪泻芯卸 锌褨写泻褉械褋谢懈谢邪 胁懈褋芯泻褍 胁褉邪蟹谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 卸褨薪芯泻 褨 写褨胁褔邪褌 褖芯写芯 蟹邪谐褉芯蟹 胁懈泻褉邪写械薪薪褟, 泻邪褌褍胁邪薪褜 褌邪 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁. 孝械锌械褉 屑懈 蟹薪邪褦屑芯, 褖芯 卸褨薪泻懈 ...
Ukrainian Women Engage in Resistance and Should Be in the Peace Talks: New Survey Evidence
Women are an 鈥渋ntegral part of her country and its resistance.鈥� This was the message that Kateryna Cherepakha, President of the organization La Strada-Ukraine, communicated to the world when speaking before the UN Security Council in April. Her speech also highlighted increased vulnerability of women and girls to the threat ...
Why Widespread Sexual Violence Is Likely in Ukraine
Sexual violence has not received much attention in the coverage of the war in Ukraine. However, reports of cases of sexual violence by Russian or pro-Russian soldiers are just starting to appear. Some human rights organizations in Ukraine have already warned about this risk. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba recently claimed ...
Do Men Really Publish More than Women?
Academic publishing, which has long been the stick by which academics measure their prowess, has been repeatedly shown to be yet another arena in which men consistently outperform women. Women produce fewer articles, collaborate less, and are cited less than their male colleagues. This is an established truth. Or is ...
Women鈥檚 War
Soldiers, refugees, victims, mothers: we must listen to stories about the women鈥檚 war in Ukraine. Five weeks have passed since the start of the war in Ukraine. Shocking images dominate television news broadcasts. Europe is experiencing its largest refugee crisis since World War II. Men aged between 18 and 60 ...
March 2022
Representation Is Not Enough: Women Briefing the UN Security Council
Inviting more women to brief the United Nations Security Council helps include them in decision-making on international peace and security. But despite progress, challenges remain. The Council must integrate recommendations from women’s voices into Council decisions. As the struggle over existing norms in multilateral systems has hardened, women鈥檚 rights have ...
Fascism and Masculine Ideals - Thoughts on the Russian War in Ukraine
The renewed Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is still raging on, and our thoughts naturally turn to the ways in which we can provide assistance and aid to both the defenders and the victims. If one simultaneously wishes to take an analytical look at the broader picture, there are ...
Children Born of War Should be More Than an Afterthought
A recent UN report published by the Secretary General in late January聽is one of the first to focus exclusively on women and girls who become pregnant as a result of sexual violence in conflict and on children born of war. The term 鈥榗hildren born of war鈥� refers to children born ...
November 2021
Norway Promises to Increase Focus on 鈥淲omen, Peace and Security鈥�
On Thursday 21 October, the UN Security Council held its annual debate on 鈥淲omen, Peace and Security鈥� (WPS). Under Kenyan presidency, all the UN member states had the opportunity to give statements on this topic, which has been a permanent feature on the Council鈥檚 agenda ever since October 2000, when ...
What Do We Know About State-Civil Society Engagement for Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council?
On October 21, the UN Security Council (UNSC) held its annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) under the presidency of Kenya, one out of ten members of the UNSC that was elected to serve by the UN General Assembly (a so-called E10 state). Kenya has joined forces ...
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