Despite occurring in the same contexts, sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) have largely remained theoretically and practically separated. This obscures the overlap between SEA and CRSV and denies survivors of SEA pathways to justice, including through post-conflict transitional justice mechanisms.
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Stability has been the main achievement of the UN presence in Cyprus. However, the various stakeholders of the “Cyprus problem” should now look at it more seriously than it has been over the past few decades.
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The time is ripe for innovative thinking and pragmatic solutions at the nexus of the international climate change and WPS agendas.
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As the international community grapples with how to approach the crisis in Afghanistan, many are questioning the role that international sanctions should play in seeking to encourage or pressure the Taliban not to revert to its ways of the past.
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The WPS agenda is largely failing to account for the experiences of LGBTQ+ people, both in African countries and globally.
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How the ten elected members of the Security Council act, and the issues they raise, can have a lasting effect.
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If the WPS agenda does not recognize the relationship between participation and protection it will continue to perpetuate the binary between the participation of women as leaders with agency and the protection of women as passive victims of conflict.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and growing recognition of climate-related security risks have presented the international community with an opportunity to reevaluate what is considered a threat to international peace and security, and how gender should be included in the response.
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Climate- and conflict-affected countries are trapped in a negative spiral where climate change undermines the ability to cope with conflict, and conflict undermines the resilience to cope with climate change.
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Machine algorithms may amplify existing humanitarian violations.
