Blog /rnwps/taxonomy/term/83/all en WPS at the EU: How States Drive the Agenda /rnwps/article/our-blog/wps-eu-how-states-drive-agenda <p>In the European Union (EU), some states are more receptive to the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda than others. Sweden has the world’s most <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/30/sweden-feminist-foreignpolicy/" target="_blank">advanced feminist foreign policy</a> while Hungary discredits “gender ideology” because it <a href="https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/portal/95799002/ARI36_2021_Almqvist_Rekindling_the_Agenda_on_Women_Peace_and_Security_can_the_EU_lead_by_example.pdf#page=11" target="_blank">undermines family values and “promotes homosexuality”</a>.</p> Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:49:03 +0000 Owen Wong 728 at /rnwps “Prosecution Will Not Solve My Problems:” Women’s Senses of Justice and Reparations After Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda /rnwps/article/our-blog/prosecution-will-not-solve-my-problems-womens-senses-justice-and-reparations-after-conflict-related "These senses of justice articulated by women are driven by the cumulative impact of abduction, sexual violence and forced marriage." Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:49:18 +0000 Ketty Anyeko, Evelyn Amony and Angela Atim Lakor 718 at /rnwps “Justice is Lived”: Women’s Senses of Justice and Reparations After Wartime Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda /rnwps/article/our-blog/justice-lived-womens-senses-justice-and-reparations-after-wartime-sexual-violence-northern-uganda Most scholarly literature on wartime sexual violence focuses on legally bound approaches to justice, limiting it to retribution for a legal wrong; yet women emphasize that justice is pluralistic and exceeds law. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:23:53 +0000 Ketty Anyeko 713 at /rnwps A Feminist Reality-Check on the Ukraine Crisis /rnwps/article/our-blog/feminist-reality-check-ukraine-crisis In the upcoming weeks, Western countries must continue to firmly support Ukraine’s unconditional sovereignty, agency, and dignity. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:13:07 +0000 Bénédicte Santoire 712 at /rnwps Making the Women, Peace and Security Agenda ‘Local’? /rnwps/article/our-blog/making-women-peace-and-security-agenda-local It is impossible to achieve gender equality and female empowerment in a single brush stroke. To support women's rights advocates around the globe, international policy must tailor itself to the nuanced and complex situations of each local context. Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:51:33 +0000 Dr. Luna K.C. & Dr. Crystal Whetstone 694 at /rnwps Feeling Seen: The Women, Peace, and Security Research Space in Canada /rnwps/article/our-blog/feeling-seen-women-peace-and-security-research-space-canada How do we bridge the gaps between the many and varied members of the WPS community? Graduate student Bibi Imre-Millei seeks ways to make the WPS community a more supportive and cooperative space. Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:24:54 +0000 Bibi Imre-Millei 693 at /rnwps