July 4, 2015
Reparations: More Than Monetary Compensation
By: Ashley Binetti
For the first time in the history of the Bosnian War Crimes Court, judges have included compensation to a wartime rape victim as part of the Court’s ruling. On June…
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June 11, 2015
Emerging Humanitarian Frontiers
By: Ashley Binetti
“The good news: we are doing more for more people than ever before. The bad news: the international humanitarian system is under unprecedented strain.” – Hansjoerg Strohmeyer, UN Office…
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April 27, 2015
The Perils of our Indifference: Bringing Yazidi Women & Girls Home
By: Ashley Binetti
Vian Dakheel Saeed, the only Yazidi Member of the Iraqi Parliament, traveled to New York to discuss the plight of Yazidi women and girls at the Sixth Annual Women in…
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April 1, 2015
“Women are Key to Change” – A Discussion With Baroness Mary Goudie
By: Ashley Binetti
Baroness Mary Goudie is a senior member of the House of Lords who firmly believes that “women [must] have a voice at the peace table and at every table…
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March 12, 2015
Women of ISIS: Seeking a Gendered Understanding of Extremist Recruitment in the West
By: Ashley Binetti
Originally posted on The Carter Center’s Forum on Women blog. Of the 455 publicly identified men and women who have traveled or attempted to travel to Syria to fight with a terrorist…
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March 5, 2015
Women Leading for Peaceful Societies: A Recap of the Carter Center’s 2015 Human Rights Defenders Forum
By: Ashley Binetti
The Carter Center convened the second Human Rights Defenders Forum (HDRF): “Beyond Violence: Women Leading for Peaceful Societies” on February 7-10, 2015. This annual forum presents itself as an…
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February 2, 2015
Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security
By: Ashley Binetti
On December 19, 2011, President Obama launched the United States National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) through Executive Order 13595. Last week, USAID hosted a Third Anniversary Event to…
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September 24, 2014
Bringing the Girl Declaration to the Post-2015 Agenda
By: Ashley Binetti
The 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly General Debate is set to commence this Thursday, September 24, 2014, and New York City is buzzing with civil society…
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September 22, 2014
Taking a Stand & Working Together
By: Ashley Binetti
“Bringing one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity for the benefit of all.” Advocating for women’s rights has historically been viewed as a women’s…
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