“Life in Europe will change fundamentally”, Austrian Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober predicted in mid-March in respect of the looming corona pandemic. In noticing all leads at hand, one might indeed jump to this conclusion. And yet, there are reasons for doubt. Many points, five of which outlined hereafter, unveil …
Despite the possibility of nuclear war, nuclear (non)proliferation remains an underrepresented field in the discussion on gender and conflict. On first sight, gender seems irrelevant in nuclear policy-making, given the indiscriminate suffering they cause. However, women are more heavily affected by nukes, and the power play …
The world is focused on preventing the spread of the corona virus, and for good reason. The crisis is hitting us hard in Europe and might hit even harder in places much less well prepared. Fragile countries haunted by conflict and fragmentation will have even less ability to focus on …
As in all politics, in the United Nations Security Council, language is power. Gender-sensitive language is thus fundamental for gender empowerment. A successful implementation of the WPS (“Women, Peace and Security”) agenda requires that every peacekeeping operation is equipped with a proper mandate to do so. However, the inclusion of …
This year marks the 20th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. It addresses how women and girls are differentially impacted by conflict and recognizes the critical role that women can and already do play in peace building efforts. As the world gets ready to deal with …
Partizipation der Zivilgesellschaft als unverzichtbares Instrument im Ausnahmezustand Demokratische Regierungen müssen in Krisenzeiten intensiv den Dialog mit der Zivilgesellschaft suchen, um nicht an Legitimität zu verlieren. Dabei gilt es, bereits vorhandene Strukturen in der Einbindung von Interessengruppen unbedingt zu nutzen und auszubauen, um gestärkt aus einer aktuellen Krise hervorzugehen und …
Crises can warrant the limitation of individual freedoms for the sake of common goods and conflicting individual rights. In fact, States have the responsibility to protect persons under their jurisdiction. To stop COVID-19 from spreading freely, significant restrictions now apply to, inter alia, the human rights to freedom of movement, …
Die Maßnahmen zur Überwindung der Pandemie machen sichtbar, dass systemrelevante Arbeit prekär und schlecht bezahlt ist und meistens von Frauen* ausgeübt wird. Aktuelle Diskurse deuten hingegen auf einen Trendwandel zu einer gesellschaftlichen Aufwertung der Versorgungökonomie. Ein Blick in vergangene Krisen und deren politische Stabilisierungsmaßnahmen zeigen jedoch, dass systemrelevante Bereiche nach …
The past two weeks have seen a rapid intensification of the Corona-situation in the EU and many European citizens have witnessed drastic measures being taken by their respective governments. Once again, EU-countries have not been quick to respond to a situation that could have been anticipated latest by the end …
In diesem Beitrag werden einige ausgewählte demokratiepolitische Konsequenzen der kürzlich getroffenen drastischen Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung des Corona-Virus formuliert und in Bezug auf hegemoniale Entwicklungen reflektiert. Wir stellen uns dabei die Frage, welche demokratiepolitischen Herausforderungen die aktuelle Situation mit sich bringt. Beginn einer womöglich entsicherten Dekade Für uns alle bedeutet Corona …
