Fighting Sexual Violence in Congo’s Refugee Camps
A distinguishing feature of the decades long conflict over resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gender-based violence. Rape as a weapon of war is so widespread that United Nations...
View ArticleBosnia Field Report: Foca, Once the Country’s Black Hole
The Foca river valley, located in eastern Bosnia, was once dubbed Bosnia’s “black hole” because of its reputation for harboring war criminals. The valley was the backdrop of some of the worst ethnic...
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Born in a War Zone
A midwife in Foladi, Afghanistan, measures a pregnant woman's stomach on June 9, 2010. (Photo: Kate Holt) Recent news points to the dramatic effects that war can have on pregnant women and their...
View ArticleFamine Declared in Somalia
The United Nations officially declared today that two regions in southern Somalia are suffering from a famine, a word the U.N. does not use lightly. Tens of thousands may already be dead as a result of...
View ArticleIman al-Obeidi Reaches U.S.
Iman al-Obeidi, the woman whose alleged gang rape by Qaddafi troops helped draw the world’s attention to the possible use of rape as a weapon in Libya, has made her way to the U.S. After fleeing house...
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Who Are the Women Who Take Up Arms?
Tufts Professor Dyan Mazurana Welcome to Women, War & Peace’s podcast series with our host, Amy Costello. Each week, Amy will be talking to people who have responded creatively to the plight of...
View ArticleInteractive Map: Understanding the Dayton Accords
The nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina first emerged out of the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. The country’s territory was home to three main ethnic groups — Bosniak Muslims, Catholic...
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Recruiting Combatants in Africa’s Fight for Peace
Activists Stella Sabiiti and Igballe Rogova appear on a panel at the "Building Peace - Empowering Women" symposium in Austria in 2006. (Photo: Frank Helmrich.) Welcome to Women, War & Peace’s...
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When Half the Country is Off Limits
Of the many challenges facing United States military engaged in the war in Afghanistan, chief among them is a battle for perceptions. Are American-led coalition forces seen as an occupier or as a...
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A Woman’s Touch to Solving Conflict
Peace adviser Annabelle Abaya, center, receives a formal request for representation in a peace panel at the The Mindanao Women’s Congress in February 2010. Welcome to Women, War & Peace’s podcast...
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