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Author: Jordan Rinaldi More than two decades after its adoption, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) is widely celebrated as a landmark achievement in international peace and security. Passed in 2000, it formally recognized that armed conflict affects women and men differently and affirmed the importance of women’s participation in peace processes, conflict prevention, and post-conflict reconstruction. However, the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda seems t

Author: Alexa Marchetti   2025 marked a landmark year in the fight against gender-based violence   At 12:00 p.m. on November 21, 2025, thousands of protesters lay on the ground for 15 minutes in honour of the 15 women killed in South Africa due to gender-based violence. This action, known as the G20 Women’s Shutdown, prompted South Africa’s National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) to classify gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) as a national disaster . Photo: UN Women

Author: Isabelle Lee Under Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rule, Chinese feminists face a resurgence of state suppression. The CCP’s tight control over public discourse has intensified through pervasive online censorship, surveillance, and intimidation. As a result, feminist activism has been forced underground. Photo Source: The Economist: China says it defends women's rights. So why attack feminists? In 2015, the arrests of the “ Feminist Five ” launched discussions of feminism

Author: Alex McDonald Black smoke rose over Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, at the beginning of September. The sight of burning buildings, young people sprinting through the streets, and a heavy police presence flooded social media feeds. Media outlets quickly dubbed it the “Gen-Z revolution.”   The uprising was triggered by then–Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli’s attempt to ban twenty-six social media platforms, but its roots ran much deeper.   Photo source: The New Yorker, Kapi