In many armed conflicts and throughout history, rape and sexual violence were used as a weapon of war, as a tool to terrorize, intimidate and humiliate populations. During Croatia’s independence war, 1500 to 2200 persons, mainly women, are thought to have been victims of aggravat...
The present report is based on information verified by the United Nations, primarily through the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1960 (2010). It focuses on sexual violence as both a t...
The ‘’Make your voice heard” initiative to combat violence against women concluded 2018 activities with a training held in Tetouan (northern Morocco) on 15 and 16 December 2018, with the participation of young women who were selected to be the ambassadors of the initia...
In 2017, the Lebanese organization Kafa joined the international #MeToo movement and started campaigning for the adoption of the sexual harassment bill, approved by the Council of Ministers in March 2017, and submitted to the Chamber of Deputies, but which has since been placed in the d...
Dans cet article, Daniela Nadj réfléchit sur la décision d’attribuer le prix Nobel de la paix 2018 à deux militants contre les violences sexuelles contre les femmes dans les conflits, Nadia Murad et Denis Mukwege, et explique comment ceci présent...
With the rise of new technologies and political, social and economic shifts, new models of non-normative intimate, sexual and maternal relations are emerging in the south of the Mediterranean. Whether related to birth control practices such as abortion, contraception etc. or to the practices of b...
Widows and their children, already among the least fortunate in the world’s social and economic systems, are receiving even more challenges than usual as a result of the emergence of new conflicts and wars, the economic collapse and stagnation, and diseases such as Ebola. ...
Les théories féministes des relations internationales analysent les rapports de pouvoir à l’échelle mondiale et établissent l’articulation entre les champs domestique, national et international, estimant que le « réalisme&...
Article 522 of the Lebanese Penal Code is one of the most controversial issues regarding Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) legislations in Lebanon. It states that prosecution or execution of a penalty halts when the perpetrator of a rape, kidnapping, or statutory rape marries the ...
Cet article jette la lumière sur la situation des femmes qui ont été violées durant la guerre en Bosnie. Il se fonde sur des entretiens à différentes survivantes et explique combien ces délits ont bouleversé leurs vies et leurs rel...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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