The attempt to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 after the failure of the Oslo Peace Process revealed a paralysed women's movement in Israel. Is it time for feminist resistance rather than arguing for women's participation in peace processes?
How and when will the Rome Statute and Security Council Resolution 1325 actually contribute to the delivery of justice to a critical mass of the world’s women?
While fundamentalist movements may vary according to the global context in which they operate, for women this diversity is outweighed by the core characteristics, strategies and impacts that they share.
In their rush to find suitable allies to help control 'extremism', states as well as non-governmental organisations are often overlooking ordinary, individual male preachers who are taking a stand despite the risks it entails
"It is not what the mind knows, it is what the heart knows that changes the world". Listen to Joan Chittister give the keynote address at the International Gender Justice Dialogue conference
Today’s antiwar movements could become wider and deeper and more united if they took the critique of gender properly to heart
The more I work on projects to research religious fundamentalisms and advocate for resistance and challenge to their absolutist and intolerant world vision, the fewer answers and the more questions I have
On the first day of the conference Brigid Inder, executive director of Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice introduced the themes and purpose of the gathering.
None of the main political party manifestos tackle the encroachment of religion on our society. As more and more public spaces are devoured by religious interests creating particular problems for women, Rahila Gupta argues that it is time to end state funding of religion and faith based organisati
The idea was born on a train ride returning from the ‘Religion Revisited’- conference of UNRISD and the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin last June
While the 54th CSW last month was designed to review the work of government and civil society actors to advance the global agenda for women’s rights, it also offered a glimpse into the strategies of religious fundamentalist movements to influence policies at the international level
Our new editorial project Religion Gender Politics provides a forum for dialogue and debate about the impact on women's human rights of the global resurgence of religion in public life. Here are just some of the articles we have published previously on openDemocracy on these issues.
