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, , 21. October 2025 | İpek Bahar Karaman-Yılmazgil

WPS without a National Action Plan: Local Feminist Practices of Women, Peace, and Security in Turkey

2025 marks 25 years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). The WPS Agenda recognizes that women’s participation, protection, and prevention of violence are central to achieving sustainable peace. While often discussed as a formal policy framework adopted by states, the agenda is not simply a UN document but the result of decades…
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Through public advocacy, direct engagement with families, and calls for state accountability, the Diyarbakır Mothers campaign for the rights of children allegedly recruited by armed groups or affected by conflict-related displacement. | Foto: Mahmut Bozarslan (VOA) via Wikimedia| Public Domain

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English15. October 2025 | Peter Kreuzer

Déjà Vu: The Flood of Corruption Engulfs the Philippines Again

After billions lost to flood control fraud, ghost projects, and political kickbacks in the Philippines, the current flood control scandal is just the latest in a long line of corruption cases. This article looks at how officials and their accomplices profit while weak oversight and entrenched practices ensure that patterns repeat, suggesting efforts to curb corruption by focusing on the…
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25 Years of Women, Peace and Security, English, Feminist Peace Research14. October 2025 | Karoline Färber

Can the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Save Feminist Foreign Policy?

Over the last eleven years we have witnessed the rise and subsequent fall of feminist foreign policy. Initially heralded as a progressive answer to power politics, several states have recently dropped their feminist foreign policies, announcing that they will continue implementing the policy substance without the ‘feminist’ label. One way in which states want to achieve this is by pursuing the…
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Deutsch10. October 2025 | Stefan Kroll

Europäische Diplomatie braucht Wissenschaft – unabhängig und frei

Die Europäische Union plant in einer neuen Initiative, Forschungsbeziehungen und Forschungsergebnisse strategischer in die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik einzubinden. Angesichts der zunehmenden geopolitischen Rivalität soll die europäische Forschung einen stärkeren Beitrag zur diplomatischen Resilienz leisten. Als außenpolitische Zielsetzung ist dies durchaus richtig – dennoch entstehen, so…
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Português29. September 2025 | Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak, Jonas Wolff

Violência contra ativistas sociais na Amazônia brasileira

A Amazônia brasileira é um lugar perigoso para ativistas sociais, especialmente aqueles que lutam por direitos fundiários e pela proteção ambiental. Em nosso estudo recente, publicado no Journal of Peace Research, constatamos que altos níveis de desmatamento estão fortemente associados ao assassinato de ativistas. Argumentamos que isso se deve ao caráter altamente territorializado dessa prática…
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25 Years of Women, Peace and Security, English11. September 2025 | Camille Vern

Women, Peace and Security Beyond Institutional Silos: The AU Panel of the Wise and the AU WPS Agenda

At the African Union, the Women, Peace and Security Agenda has been institutionalized both through dedicated new structures and through mainstreaming into existing structures. In this blog article, Camille Vern sheds light on an instance of the latter, examining the AU Panel of the Wise as an actor implementing the WPS agenda as part of its conflict prevention mandate. How does the panel…
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25 Years of Women, Peace and Security, English, Feminist Peace Research3. September 2025 | Sophia Birchinger, Cheryl Hendricks

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda, the African Union and its citizens: A People-Centered Agenda?

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda stands as both an achievement and a contested project on the African continent. This article pays tribute to the countless individuals and collectives within the African Union, national institutions, civil society, and local communities that have worked tirelessly to bring WPS to life. By tracing its genesis, taking stock of institutional milestones, and…
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Deutsch, PRIF Spotlight1. September 2025 | Johana Calle, Jonas Wolff

Zwischen Friedensarbeit und Gewalt – Zur Verleihung des Hessischen Friedenspreises an Jani Silva

Der Hessische Friedenspreis 2024 geht an die kolumbianische Land-, Umwelt- und Friedensaktivistin Jani Silva, Präsidentin der Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral Sostenible de la Perla Amazónica (ADISPA). Seit Jahrzehnten setzt sie sich unter widrigsten Bedingungen für die Rechte einer Gemeinschaft von rund 700 kleinbäuerlichen Familien in Puerto Asís, Putumayo, ein. Diese ist ständig…
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Deutsch30. August 2025 | Tina Cramer, Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann

Zum Tag der Verschwundenen: Unsichtbarkeit als Form politischer Gewalt

Zum Internationalen Tag der Opfer von Verschwindenlassen wird an Menschen erinnert, die durch staatliche oder politische Gewalt entführt und ihrem Umfeld entzogen wurden. Dieses „Verschwindenlassen“ ist eine besonders drastische Form unsichtbar gemachter Gewalt: Betroffene verschwinden aus dem öffentlichen Raum und zugleich aus der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung. Doch auch jenseits solcher extremen…
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