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Women: redefining peace, democracy and security, Jane Gabriel From May 23-25, women activists and scholars from around the world will gather in Quebec at the invitation of the Nobel Women’s Initiative to discuss 'Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict'. Jenny... Read more » Crime not shame: challenging the ideology of rape, Jenny Morgan Decades of feminist activism against rape has produced a world that now, formally, officially, and legally, at least talks the talk on sexual violence in conflict. Feminists have not yet been able to transform what Susan Brownmiller called... Read more » Child soldiers, child wives: wounded for life, Leymah Gbowee Working with ex-child soldiers of Charles Taylor's army, and the girls they have taken as wives, has convinced Leymah Gbowee that the abuse women suffer during conflict is a reflection of the interaction between men and women, boys and... Read more » GenderForce: why didn't we do this before? , Charlotte Isaksson "As an 18 year old woman I wanted to join what I saw as the coolest and toughest force - not the Air Force, not the Navy, but the Army. I was the first woman to join, and arrived full of ideas of what life would be like as a woman in the... Read more » Who do they think they are? War rapists as people, Cynthia Cockburn War is social, and examining soldier identity and male bonding may give us insight into how the incidence of sexual violence in war might be reduced, says Cynthia Cockburn War is social. It may be about wounding and killing, but these... Read more » Sexual violence: the healing imperative, Jessica Horn How far do our post-conflict reconstruction efforts go when it comes to addressing the trauma and loss that women and girls experience during conflict? Jessica Horn reports ahead of the Nobel Women’s Initiative conference on ending... Read more » Sudanese women demand justice , Amel Gorani The systematic use of sexual violence along with torture, cruel and degrading treatment – such as the common use of flogging - continue to be one of the major security threats and tools of repression targeting women and communities all... Read more » What next for Britain's purple people?, Stuart Weir Those who campaigned for a 'Yes' vote in the recent referendum have lost a battle but the larger cause of democracy in Britain still cries out. What should they do? What next for democratic and electoral reform? Read more » Bin Ladenism: its prospects, Wajahat Qazi The death of Bin Laden, hailed as a victory by the United States and the western world, rued and regretted in some parts of the Muslim world ends a chapter in world politics. The death of Bin Laden, hailed as a victory by the United... Read more » Finding the innocent guilty: part III, Zoya Svetova A lowly researcher finds himself subject to the forces of the Russian security service and a flawed justice system. The third part of exclusive extracts from Zoya Svetova's "Finding the innocent guilty". Part I Read more » More Recent Articles Tom Bingham: Britain is right to honour a champion of the rule of law, Peter Oborne Dire need for child and adolescent psychiatrists in Afghanistan, Gul G. Manalai Nepal’s difficult constitutional transition, Mara Malagodi Skinback Fusiliers, Episode Nine, Unknown Soldier Breaking the conspiracy of silence, Betsy Kawamura Finding the innocent guilty: part II, Zoya Svetova Collective purpose and a sense of belonging: the road to happiness?, Matt Grist The democratic case for local television, Greg Dyke Sexual violence and war: inevitable?, Maria Neophytou Governing the commemoration of catastrophic violence: the Israeli Nakba Law, Markus Gunneflo