Sexual violence in conflict and weapons: unpacking the links for better prevention

September 28, 2023 7 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Sexual Violence / Weapons Hana Salama

It’s often said that sexual violence is a weapon of war, but the actual weapons used to perpetrate these crimes are rarely discussed. ...

Sexual and gender-based violence in migration contexts: does faith sensitivity matter?

September 21, 2023 20 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Migration / Religion / Sexual Violence Sandra Iman Pertek, Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Amjad Saleem

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is tragically widespread along migration journeys, especially when these take ...

Ethiopia: operational and legal response to armed conflict

June 1, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Humanity in War podcast / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Romaric Ferraro & Elizabeth Rushing

The ICRC has been present in Ethiopia since the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. However, the ...

Reporting sexual violence in a conflict zone

December 9, 2021 7 mins read Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence Drew Ambrose

Sexual violence is widespread and prevalent in many modern armed conflicts. Interviewing the people who ...

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 ...

Walking the talk on SGBV: an implementation checklist to narrow the gaps between international law and domestic practice

November 25, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Rachael Kitching, Vanessa Murphy & Kelisiana Thynne

Thirty years ago today, 23 women launched the ‘16 Days of Action’ against gender-based violence.[1] ...

ICRC engagement with non-State armed groups: why and how

March 4, 2021 9 mins read Access / Analysis / Armed Groups / Humanitarian Action / Influencing Behaviour in Armed Conflict / Sexual Violence Jelena Pejic, Irénée Herbet & Tilman Rodenhäuser

In 2020, the ICRC counted 614 armed groups of concern to the organization’s humanitarian operations ...

The mosaic effect: the revelation risks of combining humanitarian and social protection data

February 9, 2021 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Religion / Sexual Violence Jill Capotosto

As the world faces more frequent and intense crises—driven in part by climate change, political ...

We may need more humanitarian bureaucracy, not less

February 4, 2021 5 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Sexual Violence Aaron Clark-Ginsberg & Mary Kate Adgie

In the humanitarian sector, bureaucracy has been faulted for everything from ageism and the suppression ...

GCIII Commentary: I’m a woman and a POW in a pandemic. What does the Third Geneva Convention mean for me?

December 8, 2020 11 mins read Analysis / GCIII Commentary / Gender and conflict / Generating Respect for IHL / Health Care / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Heleen Hiemstra & Vanessa Murphy

While a woman’s experience in a prisoners of war (POW) camp may not differ drastically ...

Disability and sexual violence in the COVID-19 era

December 3, 2020 7 mins read Sexual Violence NG’AA Michael Mwendwa

While disability inequalities have long been observed, the global COVID-19 crisis has deepened and exposed the problem of exclusion, which renders work on ...