Women in Armed Conflict: background According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015), 59.5 million people were forcibly displaced by wars and persecution at the end of 2014 – the highest number since World War II. This situation followed the rise of a violent extremism that placed the subordination of women at the centre […]

Sexual abuse has always been seen as an offense to men through their families, without taking into account victims’ suffering. But something is changing: the /2008 UN http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions08.htm resolution says that, when resolving conflicts, sexual violence crimes need to be excluded from amnesty provisions; and states should prosecute persons responsible for such acts. Not only […]

Table of Contents 1 Who is a Child Soldier? 2 The Issue 3 References 4 See also 5 External links 6 Further reading Who is a Child Soldier? The Cape Town Principles define a child soldier as any person under 18 years who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force in […]

This article is linked to the article. Table of Contents 1 DEMINING 1.1 Women’s Participation in Assessments and Survey 1.2 Gender Balanced Survey Teams 1.3 Prioritisation of the Land to be Cleared 1.4 Handover of Cleared Land 1.5 Employment of Female Deminers 1.6 Gender Sensitive Employment Offers 2 MINE RISK EDUCATION (MRE) 2.1 Female MRE […]

Landmines continue to constitute a barrier for development in more than 70 countries and territories worldwide. However, there is now a general recognition that there are significant dimensions to mine action: women, men, girls and boys are affected, and best assisted, in different ways: gender impacts the likelihood of becoming a victim of landmines, accessing […]