This land is Hisland: the role of sexism in the US elections.
Laudable yet formalistic plans, committees and laws have been put in place to address violence against women, yet impunity remains rampant. Should the measure of progress be more mechanisms or less violence ?
The transition to democracy in Guinea-Conakry is both a lesson and a warning to those who would wield rape as an instrument of terror - whether in war or in peace.
Imagine there is a peace dividend and only combatants benefit from it.
This worrisome reality was the main preoccupation of attendees to last week’s high-level colloquium on conflict-related sexual