Women Peace Security | The Gender Security Project

Women, Peace, and Security

Our work with the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda centers on research, reportage, and documentation. We highlight practice, policy, and approaches in the global south within the ambit of the WPS Agenda, and call for intersectional, inclusive, and intergenerational engagement to pursue the successful implementation of the agenda. This section chronicles backgrounders, Documentation of Sexual Violence, and recent articles reporting on and discussing the WPS Agenda.

White Papers

Srivastava, Stuti (2021). "Servicing the Soldier: Sexual Slavery and Forced Prostitution in War Times" (Read)
Verma, Samya (2022). "The Rainbow Tide: Queer Modernity Fuels Statism Weaponizing Sexual Politics To Quell Governance" (Read)

Backgrounders

WPS Agenda: Resolution 2493 (2019)

WPS Agenda: Resolution 2467 (2019)

WPS Agenda: Resolution 2242(2015)

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Recent Articles

Blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh: When Bread and Sanitary Pads Become Luxury Items

Social Activists Demand Real Equality for Chilean Women

Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support

Unveiling the Horror: Women’s bodies as a tool in conflict: Burning Manipur

Satellite Imagery and Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

The ‘Gender Apartheid’ Happening in Afghanistan, UN Experts Say, Should Be Labeled an International

Sexual Violence – In All Forms and Contexts – Must Stop

Cyclone Freddy has put Women & Girls in Malawi at Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

Taliban Reign of Terror of Flogging, Rape and Torture Instils Fear in Afghans

The Fight for Yemen’s Future Is a Global Responsibility

Political Settlement First, Refugee Return Second

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Women’s Clothing

Pressure from the Taliban has Contributed to Rise in Underage Marriages in Afghanistan

World Parliaments Could Take Another 80 Years to Achieve Gender Parity Among Legislators

First Ever Women Council of Elders Making In-roads in North Eastern Kenya

Parliamentarians Pledge to Act on Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence

Excluded Afghan Girls Forced to Seek Education in Pakistan

Racist Political System Thwarts Candidacy of Mayan Woman in Guatemala

Driven by the War, Russian Women Arrive en Masse to Give Birth in Argentina

Sierra Leone’s Gender Law Boosts Women’s Participation in Politics, Business

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