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Published in: 50.50Should violence against women in the UK be seen as hate crime?Woman-hating continues to occupy a central and too-often unrecognised and unchallenged position within our culture....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTelling the story of how women become asylum seekersLet the women who come to Britain for asylum from rape and mayhem in their own countries, be heard. The theatre...
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Published in: 50.50War and 1325: principles or diversity checkbox ?
Why were women career soldiers, US defense contractors, female peace activists and Pentagon officials talking to...
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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: 50.50Peacework: 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: 50.50SCR 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: 50.50The 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: 50.50Saving Sakineh
This is a tragedy that belongs to modern powerplay and the current moment, and that calls for a much more thoughtful...
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Published in: HomeOlympics 2012: visitors or victims?
Organized human trafficking gangs are expected to establish themselves in London to make the most of the opportunity...
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Published in: 50.50Implementing SCR 1325: lessons from Israel
The attempt to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 after the failure of the Oslo Peace Process revealed a...
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Published in: Shine A LightElection time: asylum seekers lose their last safety netWhen terrified men, women and children are being shunted off to countries where they face real and imminent risk of...
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Published in: 50.50Women seeking asylum: shame and isolation“I'd prefer, rather than going to a detention centre ... to be in prison for the rest of my life,” said Cecilia....
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Published in: 50.50Zero tolerance or zero consequence?
Laudable yet formalistic plans, committees and laws have been put in place to address violence against women, yet...
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Published in: 50.50Burma may save its tigers and not its women
Cora Weiss reports on the International Tribunal on Crimes against Women of Burma - an overwhelming day of stories...
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Published in: 50.50Gender, war and conflict transformation
As Shelley Anderson suggests, war and gender are intimately related. Gender lies at war’s heart and the conduct and...
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Published in: 50.50War: justifiable or simply catastrophic?The global phenomenon of war distorts our ongoing attempts to build peace in conflict after conflict and in many...
