Womens Security

According to ICRtoP, the Democratic Republic of Congo is reported to be the “rape capital of the world” with an estimated 15,000 rape cases in the Congo’s eastern provinces alone. Rape is a tool of war used by the various armed forces in the Congo in order to “create instability in

Throughout the world, there are many humanitarian organizations, there are many that we don’t know of. Some of these humanitarian programmes range from local, national to international. There will be one of each of these organizations introduced.

Afghanistan is a war-torn country that has been plagued by death, turmoil, and terror. Ever since the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December of 1979, the country has been an unstable battlefield that has showed no remorse for any groups of people; especially women. The war zone, known as Afghanistan, has affected women the worst out of all groups of people affected by the many wars. From getting their rights to education, health, and careers taken away, to being treated like a useless piece of trash, women have experienced a drastic amount of inequality, pain, and fear. Ever since the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan, Afghan women have been physically, mentally, and sexually abused, denied access to basic human rights, and subjected to the worst of Sharia Law (thesis).

Women are extremely oppressed across the world, and although the 21st century image of a woman is an image of prosperity, confidence, health, and beauty, for billions of women in the world, this image is not their reality. A plethora of women still experience violence, isolation, enforced ignorance and oppression in the world; while some progress has been made for women’s rights around the globe, there is magnitude of work that needs to be done. Taina Bien-Aime, executive director of New York-based Equality Now stated, "there is not one single country where women can feel absolutely safe." Education, violence, and restrictive laws are just some of the issues causing barriers for women. One of the worst countries for women, in today’s world is Afghanistan. The Middle East Institute reported, “starving widows, under-age girls forced into marriage, high maternal death rates, rape, murder, incest, abductions, wife-beatings, self-immolation, deprivation of education, burning of girls’ schools, restricted

Holt explained, “For women such as Amma the situation is made worse by the Bosnian government's reluctance to recognize women as civilian victims of war” (Holt, 2005, para. 11). The law enforcement is negligent when it comes to proper enforcement, which can be seen in the case of the women within Rwanda, Bangladesh, and Bosnia. Moreover, it seems that within these countries there is not only a lack of enforcement within women’s rights, there also seems to be no education regarding these issues. While these concerns are of high importance, another daunting question remains, where are the global organizations when these crimes against humanity occur?

Feminism has revolutionized the rights of women around the world. From having almost no rights to suddenly being set free, the women of Afghanistan have faced a drastic change in their lives. After the Taliban was overthrown in 2001, the women of Afghanistan have gained new liberal rights that were once lost under the Talban’s rule. However, the women lack protection to be able to safely use these freedoms and continue to be abused for not complying with the rules of the past. These new liberal rights will set the path for the women of Afghanistan towards equality.

There have been a lot of recent tragedies in Africa and a lot of attentions have been giving to the female victim. In this article Lara Stemple want the same attention to be giving to the male victims as well. As stated the reports of male rape in Congo has been made clear that wartime sexual violence is not limited to women and girls. As of now, the United Nation has the situation at hand and they overlook sexual assault of men and boy. Lara Stemple wants us to see the reason while sexual violence against men occasionally make the news. Sexual violence is ‘any violence, whether physical and/or mental, carried out through sexual means or by targeting sexuality’ (Lewis, 2009). An example is the sexual abuse and humiliation that took place in Iraq at the Abu Ghraib prison stunned the world.

Human security is a wise way forward, but a gender sensitive human security is a way of peace and well-being. As theory, a gender sensitive human security proposes to discuss two dimensions, the first is about feminist critiques of the concept of human security, and the second

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman and is one of the least developed countries in the world. A 2011 American Journal of Public Health report found that more than 400,000 women surveyed in 2007 reported that they were raped in the previous twelve months, adding up to 1,150 rapes per day. In a 2007 survey, 1.69 to 1.80 million women between the ages of fifteen and forty-nine reported being raped in their lifetime. Members of the Congolese army, rebel groups, militias, and other groups continue to use sexual violence against women and children as a systematic tactic of war to destroy communities. Sexual violence in the DRC is worse today than in Rwanda during the genocide.

In continuing to define pure humanitarianism by explaining what it is not, we’ll delve into institutionalization. We can understand contemporary humanitarians by “their commitment to defending their own institutional interest, as well as the degree to which that commitment influences the way they conceive of providing help to people in need.” Humanitarian actors might not be willing to provide aid if it means violating their own interests. This further takes away from the goal of humanitarianism of providing universal aid. Increasingly bureaucratic humanitarian organizations are becoming more subjective in who can be helped and how interests can be elevated as a result.

Oppression and violence against women is a global human rights violation that is widespread around the world, irrespective of religious, social and economic factors. The goal on eradicating violence against women has been the goal of many NGO’s and women organization, however it still continues to have a profound effect on women basic human rights. It can be argued that women in Afghanistan suffered tremendously from the violence inflicted on them by continue wars in the country. During the Soviet Era, many would argue that the Soviets and the PDPA government divided women on the issue of oppression. Violence and oppression are factors that trigger resistances against the oppressor; the resistance can be silence, non-violent and violent. All

The notion that constructs Muslim women are in need of saving, comes from the importance of moral and ethic grounds that reflect high human rights. It gives a label to specific kinds of oppression against these women that causes people to feel morally compelled to rescue them from their culture. The term “saving” expresses that of one in need of rescue. Ideally, the women do not feel oppressed to their cultures. The terrible problems going on in Afghanistan, such as poverty and militarism issues are why these women are deeply affected. The idea of these issues is discussed further, “Women need to have a universal right to freedom from structural violence

The Bridgespan Group, a non-profit consultancy, conducted a study on the potential of global NGOs.The study found that since 1990 NGOs registered with USAID (United States Agency for International Development) had doubled to 579, and average annual funding has tripled to $50 million and in few cases the annual funding exceeds $1 billion (Queenan et al. 2). Increasingly, NGOs, or Non-Governmental Organizations, dominate healthcare aid and interventions. Their overwhelming presence comes with equally charged influence over key societal issues such as dispersal of aid and types of interventions. This has proven to be controversial as some view NGOs as facilitators of empowerment, change, and progress. Others view them as promoting special agendas and interests, plagued with misinformed and poor policy making, and heavy reliance on funding. Aggregation of these trends raises important questions about the efficiency of NGOs and their impact on the regions they serve. Critics charge that increasing neo-liberal policies fragment healthcare alternatives in host countries; NGOs may not offer sustainable healthcare intervention programs; and that their objectives and policies often work against the host populations, which reinforce inequalities.

If she reports any incident of domestic violence to police, she should be given full

Bangladesh is an impoverished country of over 160 million people. In its short history as an independent nation, Bangladesh has faced an Independent war, massive internal displacement, famines and frequent natural disasters. In addition, Bangladesh is hosting over 200,000 Rohingya refugees from Burma in the eastern region(AKM.Ahsan, 2011 p.139). The Rohingya ethnic minority of Burma are trapped between severe repression in their homeland and abuse in neighboring countries. Bangladesh has hosted thousands of Rohingyas fleeing persecution for more than three decades, but at least 200,000 Rohingya refugees have no legal rights there (Samima&Kayoko,2014 p.225). They live in squalor, receive very limited aid and are subject to arrest, extortion and detention. Refugee women and girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual and physical attacks. In the registered refugee camp their movement is highly restricted; they have no permission to go outside from the camp. In the camp they live in small shed which is allotted for 7 members (Source). There is no electricity and have not any recreation. They have no work in the camp. So they become very frustrated and it directly affects women through violence.For the purpose, the study aims to shed light on violence against womenin Rohingya camp. It intends to analyze the root causes of violence against refugee women and investigate who is the perpetrator of violence.