In response to women's frequent marginalization in conflict settings, the United Nations
Security Council passed resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in 2000. It called …

In the wake of the 'Arab Spring'of 2011 women have been depicted as change agents
through their leading role in protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and Yemen. 1 Likewise, the …

In the 1990s, conflict-related sexual violence (crsv) started to transform into a matter of
international security. Today, this is reflected in the Women, Peace and Security framework …

Sexual violence (SV) in conflict is increasingly politicized at both the international and
domestic levels. Where SV in conflict is prevalent, we argue international actors perceive …

The protection of civilians from human rights violations has increasingly become a global
priority. The wars in Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s, and the development of the Women …

Introduction As consequences of war, women and girls are the most likely segment of
society to be impacted by violence. War also affects the critical facilities and makes the …

This book examines how the Security Council has approached issues of gender equality
since 2000. Written by academics, activists and practitioners the book challenges the reader …

Feminist international legal scholarship is conventionally aimed at addressing the
androcentric bias of international law. Its starting point, therefore, is that women have been …

Sexual violence has been firmly put on the internal agenda of the humanitarian community.
Despite commendable advances in both policy and practice, there continues to be a gap …

Academic discussion on the adequacy of international law, in particular international
humanitarian law (IHL), to protect women from and to respond to gender-based violence …