Gender inequality, armed conflict and climate change: why militaries can and should map compounded risk

September 29, 2022 15 mins read Analysis / Climate change, conflict and humanitarian action / Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Jody M. Prescott, Robin Lovell & Team Sandhurst

In areas marked by gender inequality, women and girls are particularly at risk of the ...

What does ‘back to basics’ mean for gender and the fundamental principles?

September 1, 2022 13 mins read Analysis / Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict / Gender / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Law and Conflict Ariana Lopes Morey

The recently-launched ICRC blog series ‘Back to basics: humanitarian principles in contemporary armed conflict’ aims ...

‘Catching up with the curve’: the participation of women in disarmament diplomacy

August 25, 2022 12 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian diplomacy / Law and Conflict Véronique Christory

Though it cannot be up to women alone to capture gendered impacts in treaty texts ...

Sexual violence in armed conflict: the historical limits of humanitarian action and the ICRC in the 20th Century

December 2, 2021 13 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / History / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Daniel Palmieri

Despite clear legal prohibitions, sexual violence remains widespread and prevalent during armed conflicts and other ...

Gender-based hate crime as an early warning indicator of escalating violence and armed conflict

November 30, 2021 10 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Christie Edwards

The spectrum of misogynistic violence between incels (‘involuntary celibates’) and armed groups using extreme violence ...

Sexual violence in armed conflict: can we prevent a COVID-19 backslide?

November 25, 2020 9 mins read Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Gender / Gender and conflict / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence May Maloney

Three months into the pandemic, the ICRC’s Head of Addressing Sexual Violence published a call ...

Out of sight, out of mind? Transgender people in humanitarian emergencies

March 31, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Sandra Smiley

The world over, transgender people and others belonging to sexual and gender minority groups are ...

Who’s your favorite female judge?

March 9, 2020 2 mins read Gender / Law and Conflict Helen Durham

Many years ago when I was co-writing a book on Women and War, I decided that having a female judge write the foreward ...

Beyond binaries: An intersectional approach to humanitarian action

October 8, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence Elizabeth McGuinness & Saman Rejali

Where does a lens on ‘men and masculinities’ fit into the frame of humanitarian action? ...

Challenging patriarchy: gender equality and humanitarian principles

July 18, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence / The most read blog posts in 2019 Ricardo Fal-Dutra Santos

This blog seeks to explore the ongoing discourse in the humanitarian sector that portrays gender ...

Masculinity and humanitarianism

May 20, 2019 9 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence Graham Parsons

As I write, a boy, no older than 2, is bouncing around the café, laughing ...

The masculine condition in contemporary warfare

May 14, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity Gilbert Holleufer

Hugo Slim, in a piece entitled Masculinity and war—let’s talk about it, puts his finger ...