2023-2025
Despite numerous global frameworks for human rights and the struggle for justice, armed conflicts continue to expose the disproportionate vulnerabilities faced by women (and other groups), who bear the brunt of displacement, loss of livelihoods, and the collapse of essential services. The genocide in Gaza illustrates these dynamics starkly: women struggle with the destruction of healthcare systems, shortages of food and water, and the intensified burden of care in conditions of violence and displacement. Across conflict zones globally, women also face heightened risks of gender-based violence, loss of privacy, and long-term psychological trauma. Feminist movements and human rights organisations continue to underscore how such conflicts are deeply gendered crises, demanding accountability and justice frameworks that centre women’s experiences and agency.
