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WILPF Reflects on the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London attracted worldwide media coverage, not just because of Angelina Jolie’s attendance in her role as the UNHCR Special Envoy but also...
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Reclaiming economic, social and cultural rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This year we have seen many new and old conflicts arise around the world. As usual, the narrative surrounding these conflicts has been focused on men with guns. While men with guns have a prerogative...
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Change the discourse on Palestine – integrate a human rights perspective now!
“All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and a springboard for action. That is the essence of your mandate. That is ultimately how you will be...
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Writing Women out of History? The case of the Syrian conflict and women’s...
As Cynthia Enloe so poignantly remarks, language matters, and it matters because it’s how we tell stories and make reports which then define how we respond, and how we respond becomes our history. So...
View ArticleMadeleine Rees on Yemen and the Crisis in the International System
How far can we go in justifying the use of violence with “collective security”? And what happens when military intervention becomes the default “solution” to every conflict, subordinated to compliance...
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Opening of the WILPF 100 Conference: but the beginning of something memorable
1,000 peacemakers from all over the world, journalists from several countries, Nobel Peace Laureates, well-known human rights activists, an amazing line up of speakers: we are all gathered in The Hague...
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