Very glad to have joined @LSE_WPS & @larimatsu10 today in an insightful all-female panel discussion on International Law and a Gender-Just Peace, together with excellent panelists Mohbuba Choudhury, @MFeriaTinta and Patricia Viseur Sellers. (1/6) https://www.lse.ac.uk/women-peace-security/events/Current-Events/International-Law-and-a-Gender-Just-Peace

#IHL seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting people not participating in hostilities and limiting means and methods of warfare. While IHL does not aim to end wars, respect for IHL rules reduces wartime suffering and can pave the way towards peace. (2/6)

To achieve a #FeministPeace, we need to look at current armed conflicts – which are increasingly protracted and urbanized – and how their consequences have specific effects on #women and exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities. (3/6) #UrbanWarfare

The gendered impact of war -intersected w/ factors like race, social class & status, disability, age- is seen in humanitarian consequences like #displacement, the impact of missing persons on families, lack of access to resources, sexual violence, weapons' effects on #women (4/6)

#IHL provides for humane treatment without discrimination and contains rules requiring belligerents to give due regard to gender-specific needs. Today we must work for a protective interpretation of existing rules that considers #women reality and the risks they face in war (5/6)

#Humanitarian action in armed conflict must keep in mind the gendered impact of war and ensure that #women participate in shaping humanitarian programs, which will allow them to strengthen their positive coping mechanisms and get us closer to achieving a #FeministPeace. (6/6)