Women, Peace and Security

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.

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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.

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

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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.

Book chapter

2025

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

Journal article

2025

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

Journal article in Journal of Peace Research

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025