Natascha Mueller-Hirth, Robert Gordon University Women are rarely represented adequately at peace negotiations yet they make up half the population of any country in conflict or at war. This remains the case despite increasing global
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WeiterlesenSithembile Mbete, University of Pretoria South Africa is six months into its third elected term on the United Nations Security Council. Its conduct in its previous two terms has been criticised for the country’s controversial
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