What the Women Say

05/10/2015 ”The year is 2015. Despite that, we have to buy off our women and children, we have to pay for their freedom. It is nothing less than a human market that exists today”. These are the concluding words of Vian Dakhil, the only female of Yazidi ethnicity in...

We live in an increasingly interconected world, where global and regional decisions impact conflict, cooperation, rights and duties. International tribunals and bodies sit at the middle of this powerful intersection; they decide issues of peace and security; define...

In beginning of June, the staff of Operation 1325s went to Amman, Jordan to meet up with three of their partner organizations during a joint conference. This is to create a methodological materials that will provide tips and tools on how the media and women's...

Hello all thesis-writing students out there! Last semester, we at Operation 1325 organized a couple of lunches for students working with essay writing on Resolution 1325 together with our staff and trainees. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss, ask questions,...

To us at Operation 1325, it was a positive message when the Social Democratic government declared to pursue a feminist foreign policy. We are an umbrella organization that works to empower women in decisionmaking about peace and conflict - something that is most...

This paper has applied a gender-based theory of sexual violence to the case of the DRC, showing that women are targeted in the conflict both as a result of gender dynamics in militarism (hypermasculinity and feminised dependents) and due to the socially ascribed...