women's rights

What Women Have Won

SWJED — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 01:42:00 +0000

What Women Have Won SWJED Sun, 03/08/2020 - 9:42pm

On International Women’s Day, reflecting on the long road ahead to equality—and how far we’ve come.

Women Peace and Security: A Competitive Edge in Latin America’s Human Domain

SWJED — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:31:14 +0000

Women Peace and Security: A Competitive Edge in Latin America’s Human Domain SWJED Tue, 06/18/2019 - 1:31am

The institutions of the U.S. national security community have recognized, but just begun to remedy, a gap in how they interact with conflict environments: the failure to understand how gender and warfare intertwine. The 2017 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act provides a clarion call for operationalizing a gender perspective at each command level and in nearly all activities in the environment.

Gender and Transition in Afghanistan

Peter J. Munson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:04:42 +0000

Gender and Transition in Afghanistan Peter J. Munson Fri, 04/12/2013 - 10:04am

The issue of the reach of the state needs to be put into a wider focus by including women and gender issues as part of the narrative.