Not much has happened since the adoption of Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Safety 20 years ago at UN-security council. A new Policy Paper now calls for implementation of the demands made back then.

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and further exacerbated many inequalities - especially the ones concerning woman. 

Oksana Potapova spoke with activists working for women's and human rights organizations about key changes in their work and life over the recent months.

The change of government in Austria after the Ibiza affair on the one hand lead to a withdrawal of antifeminist (politically right) populist measures of the prior turquoise-blue government. On the other hand, existing structures of disadvantage and oppression have not been questioned by the successor government.

The experiences of women in the Second World War with sexualised violence show that some suffering was gender-specific. According to the sources, sexualised violence against Jewish women and girls was not a by-product of the war, but the war itself, organised and controlled by those who denied Jews their right to exist.

We are currently witnessing and participating in the processes of reinterpreting the history of World War II and the formation of the modern historic narrative in Ukraine. An important aspect of this relevant discourse is the visibility of diverse women’s experiences in World War II.