Women, Peace and Security

Event

Friday, 10 Oct 2025 09:00–12:00 UTC+02

Indian girls taking a selfie in desert village, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India. Photo: Getty Images

Digitalization and women’s (dis)empowerment in India

The seminar on Digitalization and Women’s (Dis)empowerment in India brings together researchers of India and Indian researchers to discuss India’s digitalization and societal change with a focus on the experiences of Indian women.

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Time: 10 Oct 2025 09:00–12:00 UTC+02

Press release

Monday, 22 Sep 2025

A woman carries a child through the crater from an Israeli air strike as she makes her way across the border from Lebanon into Syria on 5 October 2024. Photo: Getty Images

Record number of women living in conflict in 2024

An estimated 676 million women – nearly 17 percent of the global female population – lived within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict last year, according to a new PRIO report.

News

Friday, 6 Jun 2025

’Mujeres Berracas’ murial in a small rural town near a local market in Boyacá, Colombia. This is a colloquial expression that means brave, determined, hardworking, and resilient women. December 28, 2022. Photo: Juan Diego Duque Salazar

The Complex Risk Analytics Fund supports new project on Women’s Empowerment in War and Peace: EMPOW

EMPOW is a two-year initiative designed to provide novel open access data on women's mobilization for peace and gender equality reforms in the wake of war.

News
Publications
Audio & video

Press release

Monday, 22 Sep 2025

Record number of women living in conflict in 2024

An estimated 676 million women – nearly 17 percent of the global female population – lived within 50 kilometres of a deadly conflict last year, according to a new PRIO report.

News

Friday, 6 Jun 2025

The Complex Risk Analytics Fund supports new project on Women’s Empowerment in War and Peace: EMPOW

EMPOW is a two-year initiative designed to provide novel open access data on women's mobilization for peace and gender equality reforms in the wake of war.

News

Friday, 9 May 2025

The UN High-Level Seminar gathered mediators, peacebuilders, and policymakers in Porvoo, Finland to discuss gender and inclusive mediation strategies. Photo: Maria Hossain Santto/ CMI

In Times of Rising Conflict, UN Seminar Showcases Inclusive Approaches to Peace Mediation

Mediators, peacebuilders and policymakers gathered in Porvoo, Finland for the 14th UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies.

Journal article

2025

Studying conflict-related sexual violence: What does it mean for researchers’ well-being?

Journal article in Journal of Peace Research

Time to Push for Next Step on Women, Peace and Security: Ensuring Positive Impact for Women in Conflict

Popular article in The Global Observatory

News

Friday, 11 Oct 2024

Torunn Tryggestad and Kristian Berg Harpviken. Illustration: PRIO

PRIO Researchers to Evaluate Norway’s Engagement in Afghanistan

PRIO’s Deputy Director Torunn L. Tryggestad and PRIO Research Professor Kristian Berg Harpviken are both appointed members of new commission on Afghanistan.

Recorded event

Monday, 11 Aug 2025 15:00–15:45 UTC+02

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Globale tilbakeslag for kvinners rettigheter: Hva er Norges rolle?

2025 skulle bli det store jubileumsåret, der fremskritt skulle feires og strategier for videre framdrift diskuteres. I stedet er kvinners rettigheter og likestilling under økende press, og tilbakeslagene er mange og bekymringsfulle.

Book chapter

2025

Gender and Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan

Women Ambassadors in the UN Security Council: Are They Shaping the Practice of Diplomacy?

Book chapter in Gender and Diplomacy: Critical Junctures, Innovations and Future Research Directions

News

Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025

WPS conference banner. Illustration: PRIO

Oslo Conference to Mark 25 Years of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

PRIO’s Centre on Gender, Peace and Security is co-hosting a conference marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

News

Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024

PRIO in the Republic of Korea for its Action with Women and Peace Conference

On December 10th, PRIO Research Director Louise Olsson and GPS Coordinator Stine A. Bosheim contributed to the Action with Women and Peace Conference (AWP), in Seoul, Republic of Korea.