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 ...

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 ...

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] ...

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 ...

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? ...