What are the transformative potentials of sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian assistance: a feminist inquiry April 18, 2024 12 mins read Access / Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Health Care / Health care / Humanitarian Action / Sexual Violence / Social Inclusion / Social Protection / Special Themes Peixuan Xie From frontline female combatants with the People’s Defence Force in Myanmar to queer Syrian refugees ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Who are you calling ‘vulnerable’? Muslim women and inclusive humanitarianism December 17, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Religion Ahmed Al-Dawoody & Saman Rejali In generalizing groups as homogeneously ‘vulnerable’, we risk closing our eyes to existing spheres of ...
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 ...
Equal treatment for women in State armed forces: Three practical implications for medical care March 8, 2019 13 mins read Gender and conflict / Health Care / Law and Conflict / Sexual Violence Helen Durham & Vanessa Murphy Today marks International Women’s Day, providing us with an opportunity to pause and reflect on ...
A conversation with Dr Helen Durham–IHL and women March 8, 2018 6 mins read Analysis / Gender / Gender and conflict / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2018 Helen Durham On this International Women’s Day, Dr Helen Durham, Director of the Humanitarian Law & Policy ...
e-Briefing: Sexual violence in armed conflict April 8, 2016 1 mins read Gender and conflict / Online publications / Sexual Violence This e-briefing is based on the issue 894 of the International Review of the Red ...