UN Women in Taliban Afghanistan
UN Women in Taliban Afghanistan: The Limits of International Advocacy Without State Cooperation Author: Rebecca Arnieri The United Nations has long framed gender equality as both a fundamental human right and a prerequisite for sustainable development. At the centre of this agenda is UN Women, created in 2010 to unify and strengthen the UN’s work […]
Energy Transition must be Gender Responsive
Energy Transition must be Gender Responsive. A just and holistic energy transition can best happen when women have a greater say in planning and decision-making Author: Suchitra Rautela Joshi “We are still living with the results of millennia of patriarchy that excludes women and prevents their voices from being heard,” said UN SG Antonio Guterres, […]
Ideas for Peace From Bettina Tucci
In this edition, we present an interview from 2019 with Betinna Tucci, Assistant Secretary-General and Controller of the United Nations Department of Management’s Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, in her first visit to the University for Peace. She shared her experiences as a woman in leadership positions in the United Nations, ideas about […]
The Internet as an Intensified Avenue for Violence Against Women in Pandemic Times
The Internet as an Intensified Avenue for Violence Against Women in Pandemic Times: An Exploration Author: Louisa Andrews In 2015, a 29-year-old Australian man named Chris Hall screenshotted a selfie that Olivia Melville posted on her Tinder profile (Lattouf, 2016). The photograph had a suggestive caption taken from a song lyric by the singer, Nicki […]
Apps del Ciclo Menstrual y el Derecho a la Privacidad
Apps del Ciclo Menstrual y el Derecho a la Privacidad ¿Qué sabes sobre el uso que dan las Apps del ciclo menstrual a tus datos? En este podcast, desarrollamos un enfoque desde la perspectiva del Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos entorno con la recolección y uso de datos personales en las Apps, específicamente las […]
How Gender Disparities during the Rwandan Genocide Transformed Regional Human Rights
The Rwandan Genocide led to positive changes in Rwandan governance and regional human rights mechanisms, especially on women’s rights.
Selection of Poems from The Unfold Pinnacle
The poems tell the story of marginalized tribal women who were living in the Left Wing Infested (LWE) relief camps in India. These poems are part of a larger collection of poems, ‘The Unfold Pinnacle’ that gives the marginalized women and girls a voice through poetry and humanize development work with the intimate stories of those most directly affected by poverty and violence.
Founding Sisters
Founding Sisters Author: Carol Peasley Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/16/2009 As we celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month throughout March, we need to remember that the origins of these events go back to long-ago protests in Europe and the United States for the political rights of working women. […]
Only Men Have Last Names
Only Men Have Last Names Author: Manuela Dviri Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 04/20/2004 Category: Comment Only Men Have Last Names Last month we celebrated the International Women s Day. There is no need for celebrating an International Men s Day, since men are getting along pretty well even without one. You […]
The Privatization of (Women’s) Education
Gal Harmat with an Economic Analysis of the privatizing process taking place in Israel, and the actual effects it bears for young women