The New Law is Here, What are the Effects Violence Against Women in Serbia What has the new Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence introduced, and what should be amended or altered in this document? By Tanja Ignjatović
Numbers Speak Violence Against Women in Serbia The number of reported cases of violence against women is increasing. In 2016 the number of reports was 24 percent higher compared to 2015, which is as much as 57.8 percent higher compared to 2014. By Tanja Ignjatović
Violence – An Issue and Why it is One Violence Against Women in Serbia Why violence against women concerns all of us. During the last several years, violence against women has become a recurring subject in Serbian media - but there are serious problems in the reporing of it. By Tamara Skrozza
Syria: Systematic Torture and Sexualized Violence Speech Torture and sexualized violence are part of everyday life in Syrian prisons. However, human rights violations committed by the Assad regime play no role at the Geneva peace talks. With this in mind, Barbara Unmüßig, calls for women to be included as peace negotiators. By Barbara Unmüßig
The Voice of Non-Militants: the Experience of Women from Eastern Ukraine In times of war, when only the voice of arms is heard, the voice of the unarmed is lost; however it is essential to listen to the latter because sooner or later the arms will go silent and it will be necessary to start learning to live in peace. By Nina Potarska
From Transition to Transformation - Women, Peace & Security Afghan Women have had a long journey in terms of their rights and socio-political participation since the Taliban downfall in 2001. As Afghanistan has just entered into a new decade of transformation, the main questions related to women, peace and security remain: What has been built to ensure women’s protection and participation over the last decade? And what strategic approach could consolidate gender equality in the decade to come? By Abdullah Athayi
„Women joining the armed forces have not made armies less brutal“ Barbara Lochbihler resumes the efforts of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in promoting peace and equal rights in the context of the Beijing Conference in 1995. By Barbara Lochbihler
We shall be justice! "We shall be justice!" said Charlotte Bunch, at the opening of the Women’s Court in Sarajevo which represents an alternative model of transitional justice which introduces a gender perspective into existing mechanisms of attainment of justice, this time based on feminist foundations. By Paula Petričević
Transitional justice in feminist hands - the case of feminist activists in Serbia Lepa Mlađenović sketches out feminist activism in Serbia between 1995 and 2015. By Lepa Mlađenović
DR Congo: aiding and abetting violence. Criminal charges against manager of the German-Swiss Danzer Group The Danzer case is an example of European businesses working in conflict regions and profiting greatly from the brutal actions by the police, the army or paramilitary groups. Anna von Gall analyzes the international legal framework and urges Germany to pursue legislative clarification relating to due diligence requirements for foreign subsidiaries of European companies By Anna von Gall