Online violence: real life impacts on women and girls in humanitarian settings January 4, 2024 11 mins read Analysis / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Gender and conflict / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Megan O’Brien Online violence is not contained by the digital sphere – it is killing women and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
100 ratifications of the Arms Trade Treaty: Celebration and reflection February 7, 2019 5 mins read Law and Conflict / Weapons Helen Durham As Director of International Law and Policy, I have the privilege of regularly representing the ICRC at the United Nations and other diplomatic ...
