Women are not asked to interpret Islamic law, and few expect them to do so. Very often, this is because women are not sufficiently trained for this work.
Tag: women peace and security
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Accumulating evidence demonstrates the unique role that women play in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.
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Crucially, the UK’s position as one of the five permanent members on the UN Security Council helped create a new understanding of threats to international peace and security.
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Where communities are affected by fragility, gender equality becomes critical to violence prevention.
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Colombia has a long history of women’s movements being directly involved in promoting peace efforts throughout the country, mainly at the grassroots level.
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Unless the General Assembly moves to adopt the popular request to limit the secretary general’s term to seven years, it might take until 2026 before another opportunity arises to appoint a woman to the role.
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Women in Afghanistan—particularly in southern and rural areas—do not have a robust knowledge of formal peace processes or how to sustain peace.
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Research on female leaders around the world suggests that women are more likely to get a chance to lead in times of political upheaval or decline, usually when parties are out of power or losing favor with voters.
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There are a number of bigger issues here. Was Jolie-Pitt’s appointment singled out for such vitriolic critique because she’s a woman (why criticize her appointment and not Hague’s, when their credentials are similar?) or famous (academic snobbery perhaps), or considered insufficiently intelligent? Whatever the answer, it does not reflect well on the academy.
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Former South Sudan Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Betty Ogwaro, discusses the role women can play in working toward peace in South Sudan.
