UN CSW, March 11: Women at Risk in Genocide – Amplifying Danger with a UN Veto
Conflict-related sexual violence increased by 50% in 2023. The number of Security Council vetoes also increased, denying ceasefires, humanitarian intervention, and peacekeepers.
Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Executive Director, World Without Genocide, examines veto use, which hinders women’s peace and security and encourages impunity for perpetrators.
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This program addresses the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
- Programs
- Genocide and Justice Traveling Exhibit
- Human Rights and Genocide Studies Program
- Upcoming Events
- February 24: Genocides in Ukraine – From Stalin to Hitler to Putin
- UN CSW, March 11: Women at Risk in Genocide – Amplifying Danger with a UN Veto
- UN CSW, March 12: Women and Ecocide – Victims of Environmental Destruction
- March 26: Women at Risk – Genocide, Ecocide, and Femicide
- April 23: Armed and Spiritual Resistance During the Holocaust – The Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos
- May 19: Boarding Schools and Cultural Genocides – The US, Australia, Canada, and China
- Speakers’ Bureau
- Upstanders Plays
- A World of Upstanders Award Recipients