Feminist Foreign Politics

It was a long way before the implementation of UN Resolution 1325 on the prevention of war and sexual violence against women got on track. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the resolution, Barbara Unmüßig speaks about what steps and actions have to be taken to approach the goal of female participation in phases of conflict.

Women’s political participation is making slow progress, while the overall record of the NLD government on women’s rights remains ambivalent.

International treaties also give certain leverage to civic actors and women’s movement in Turkey in their efforts to overcome entrenched resistance to policy and practice changes. Since the Convention’s inception, women’s organisations in Turkey have been actively struggling for effective implementation and pushing public authorities to adopt women-friendly policies by making direct references to the Convention’s provisions.

Kohl Journal has announced that it has opened its platform to feminists wishing to write and reflect about unfolding revolutions. The call is open to submissions about historical and current feminist organizing in revolutionary times, from Lebanon to Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Kurdistan, West Asia and North Africa in general, and the Global South.

This article aims at portraying the key agents of the anti-feminist movement in Turkey, by roughly presenting their ideological gear and providing some preliminary hints about their class backgrounds.

The artwork, which was published on the company’s Social Media platforms with the caption “Stay home, Armenia! 

The diverse involvement of women at local, regional and federal level has long been central to the political development of the US. Nevertheless, women are still significantly underrepresented in political office. Can this change now?

Not much has happened since the adoption of Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Safety 20 years ago at UN-security council. A new Policy Paper now calls for implementation of the demands made back then.

In the run up to the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325 (2000)) Women In International Security (WIIS) and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC are launching the international graduate student essay competition 1325AndBeyond.