Feminist Foreign Politics

Although the overthrow of the Taliban opened up new opportunities for women, it did not give rise to the “women’s liberation” many were expecting. Currently, there are growing concerns about an “apparent backlash against the empowerment of women".

In 2006 The Nobel Women's Initiative was founded by the Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire in order to bring together their extraordinary experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality. 

The NATO gave detailed information about the efforts over the past year to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in its operations and activities in its annual report. 

The Gunda-Werner-Institute is delighted at the awarding of the Alternative Nobel Prize for Sima Samar. It is the first time that a Right Livelihood Award goes to Afghanistan. Samar was awarded “for her longstanding and courageous dedication to human rights, especially the rights of women, in one of the most complex and dangerous regions in the world”.  

On 21 August 2012, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the appointment of Brigid Inder, Executive Director of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, as the Special Gender Advisor.  

Background to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) and the sentencing of war-related sexu-alised violence

Dr. Monika Hauser of Medica Mondiale, Cologne about the experience of justice, impunity, law enforcement strategies, as well as a general and specific review of the work of the International Criminal Court on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary on 1 July 2012.

Co-organized by Sabanc› University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum and Central European University, the conference looked at how war and political violence are remembered from the perspective of gender. The conference, supported by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung Turkey Representation, hosted 46 feminist academics as speakers or panelists, and 200 participants from 22 countries. 

The 26 April 2012 was a day of celebration for many people in Sierra Leone. They celebrated the verdict passed by the special criminal tribunal in The Hague in the case against the former warlord and former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor.

Gender Based Violence (GBV) continues to be a major global social, economic and developmental challenge, with far reaching ramifications on men, women, children and the society as a whole.