by jakeloeffenames | 3 October 2019 | News
Fifteen years ago, a young nurse named Cristina Cobo was forcibly disappeared by members of the paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Paulina Mahecha, her mother, preserves her memory and that of over 20 other disappeared women from the...
by jakeloeffenames | 7 December 2018 | News
The report highlights the central role that gender plays in the planning and commission of genocide and the role it must therefore play in efforts to prevent and punish the crime. Men and boys and women and girls experience genocide differently based on societal...
by jakeloeffenames | 17 October 2018 | News
In an article in PassBlue, Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and Zainab Bangura, former UN Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, recommend six steps to end this scourge on women, girls,...
by jakeloeffenames | 14 August 2018 | News
Examining the case of the genocide against the Yazidi, perpetrated not only through killings but also sexual crimes including rape, she makes the case for prosecutions for genocide. So far, ISIS fighters in Iraq and abroad have been charged with terrorism charges...
by jakeloeffenames | 19 February 2018 | News
To disrupt the ongoing cycles of violence, root causes must be addressed, which a new programme by the NGO Consortium consisting of the Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development (ACORD), DanChurch Aid and the Centre for Conflict Resolution attempts to do....
