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May 28, 2015 · Since 1948 women’s military service had been governed by the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. Among other limits, women were barred from serving aboard any navy ship other than hospitals and transports and from aircraft that could have a combat mission.
For more than 100 years, British women have served alongside men in almost 50 wars and conflicts, including World War One, World War Two, the Falkland’s War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq and, most recently, the Libyan Civil War.
We invest where inequality is the greatest by helping women who are forgotten— the women survivors of war and conflict. We help them learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities. In our Stronger Women, Stronger Nations Program, a woman breaks the isolation of war and conflict by joining a small group of women like her.
May 12, 2024 · A display has opened to celebrate the work of a group of women who risked their lives being flown into battle to treat soldiers during World War Two. Known as the Flying Nightingales, the...
Sep 22, 2021 · Highlights. Against the backdrop of the alarming situation in Afghanistan, the event featured personal testimonies from survivors of violent conflicts and their pressing calls for the global community to act. The General Assembly must unite to take meaningful action to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
In 2019, the Berghof Foundation provided support to women in eight resistance and liberation movements to enhance their inclusion in peace processes, during peace negotiations and political transitions, and documented the experiences of five other groups after transition has been completed.
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Nov 22, 2023 · The key claim in Twelve Feminist Lessons of War is that by ignoring women’s knowledge of war and its aftermath we are doomed to fail at efforts to reduce and end wars. Across the dozen lessons there are four important contributions to this sweeping book.
