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Australian defence force bands only formally welcomed women in the 1980s – but during the second world war, women often performed with the RAAF bands.
Speculation and conspiracy theories abound about the Mozambican insurgents leaving a trail of violence in resource rich Cabo Delgado.
Men have come to dominate military combat but new evidence suggests this might be more an accident than an inevitability of evolution.
Women in the DRC are much more than victims of violence and coming together to effect change.
A vivid and remarkable body of writing is emerging to highlight the human cost of the war in Syria.
Many Yemeni women are not victims of war or just escaping or hiding. In many and contrasting ways they are actively supporting it, and not only on humanitarian grounds.
A simple signature can lead to an incredible story.
Women’s involvement in armed conflict in Peru and Colombia has a deep impact on societies. But peace processes and political aftermath rarely recognise their role.
Equality is coming to the British Armed Forces, whether it’s wanted or not.
Five thousand Australian nurses served during World War Two. One of them, Dorothy Campbell endured air raids and tended wounded men in freezing tents - but the war opened her eyes to a more adventurous world.
Women are more than capable in frontline combat – so why do we still keep believing these myths?
Domestic and sexual slavery are being used as weapons of war – and the victims are too often forgotten.
Women from around the world first came together 100 years ago to demand peace, and 15 years ago the UN recognised their central role in ending armed conflict. But the long journey is far from over.
Western media tropes of black widows, deviant sexuality and unthinking compliance fail to explain why violence crosses the gender divide.
In 1943, during the height of World War II, fifteen-year-old Liu Mianhuan was tied up and taken away by Imperial Japanese troops from her village in Yu County, Shanxi Province, China. She was confined…
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