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Who’s your favorite female judge?

Who’s your favorite female judge?

March 9, 2020, 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

Beyond binaries: An intersectional approach to humanitarian action

October 8, 2019, Gender / Humanitarian Action / Identity
Elizabeth McGuinness & Saman Rejali

Where does a lens on ‘men and masculinities’ fit into the frame of humanitarian action? A range of notable humanitarians and scholars, including ...

Challenging patriarchy: gender equality and humanitarian principles

Challenging patriarchy: gender equality and humanitarian principles

July 18, 2019, Gender / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / 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

Masculinity and humanitarianism

May 20, 2019, Gender / Humanitarian Action / Identity
Graham Parsons

As I write, a boy, no older than 2, is bouncing around the café, laughing and ‘chatting’ with passersby. He is a sweet, ...

The masculine condition in contemporary warfare

The masculine condition in contemporary warfare

May 14, 2019, Gender / Humanitarian Action / Identity
Gilbert Holleufer

Hugo Slim, in a piece entitled Masculinity and war—let’s talk about it, puts his finger on a modern-day paradox: although men have been ...

100 ratifications of the Arms Trade Treaty: Celebration and reflection

100 ratifications of the Arms Trade Treaty: Celebration and reflection

February 7, 2019, 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 ...

The impact of gender and race bias in AI

The impact of gender and race bias in AI

August 28, 2018, Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Gender / Law and Conflict / Weapons
Noel Sharkey

Automated decision algorithms are currently propagating gender and race discrimination throughout our global community. The ...

Continuing the conversation: Which masculinities, which wars?

Continuing the conversation: Which masculinities, which wars?

July 5, 2018, Gender / Humanitarian Action / Identity
David Duriesmith

Earlier this year Hugo Slim penned a blog post with the important call to begin a conversation about masculinity and war. Slim’s post ...

Masculinity and war–let’s talk about it

Masculinity and war–let’s talk about it

March 15, 2018, Gender / Humanitarian Action / Identity / The most read blog posts in 2018
Hugo Slim

There is much talk about violations, cruelty and brutality in the public discussion of war, ...

e-Briefing: Sexual violence in armed conflict

e-Briefing: Sexual violence in armed conflict

April 8, 2016, Online publications

This e-briefing is based on the issue 894 of the International Review of the Red Cross on “Sexual violence in armed conflict”. It ...