Category: Human Rights & Development
138 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Where are the Women? Why Expanding our Understanding of Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis Matters
Considering that humanitarian and displacement crises affect women disproportionately and exacerbate existing gender inequalities, it is crucial for researchers and policymakers…
May 11, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
The New Disability-Inclusive Development Agenda
Positive Practices The World Bank has developed an Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) to protect against disability-based discrimination in Bank-financed projects.…
May 7, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Marriage Development in Taiwan: Constitutional Ruling or Putting Equality to A Vote?
The initial challenge to Taiwan’s Civil Code was by activist Chi Chia-wei, whose application to register a marriage with his partner in 2013 was denied. In a ground-breaking…
April 29, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Constitutional Courts, Democracy, and Judicial Independence in Europe
Although the first constitutional court was created in Austria in 1920, these institutions did not begin to disseminate across the European continent until after the Second World…
April 28, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART III: The Post-Conflict Window: A Critical Opportunity to Advance Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Societies
Women’s roles and contributions to SSR Women can foster local ownership of SSR by facilitating dialogue between the local community, policy makers, and the security sector. In…
April 24, 2020
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PART II: The Post-Conflict Window: A Critical Opportunity to Advance Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Societies
Changing patterns in labor participation Women’s labor participation may increase during the conflict to fill the roles previously played by men. However, women tend to perform…
April 23, 2020
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PART I: The Post-Conflict Window: A Critical Opportunity to Advance Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Societies
Post-conflict reconstruction is not merely remodeling bridges and roads, but in fact refers to the transition from conflict to peace by rebuilding the affected country’s, …
April 21, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Are LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda a Lost Cause?
Uganda was not always the extremely homophobic country it has transformed into. It first gained international notoriety in 2009 when David Bahati, a member of the Ugandan…
February 27, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Building a Multi-Directional Transnational Solidarity Movement
Within this predominant relationship, the colonial mindset continues to influence our understanding of who needs help, who is responsible for the conditions of those in need, and…
February 13, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
No Peace Without Justice in Afghanistan
Human Rights and Accountability Measures in Afghanistan Since the coup d’état of 1978 and the Soviet invasion a year later, Afghanistan has experienced consecutive regimes,…
February 10, 2020