By Elena Kerr 16/03/2026 CSW70 Parallel event: Authoritarian Power, Gendered Body, and Politics of Autonomy Today I attended this informative and very important event moderated by Hafza Girdap representing Advocates of Silenced Turkey. This event brought together an impressive panel of experts: Rachel Miner, Dr Shilan Fuad Hussain, Cindy Morris, Prof Manisha Desai, and Sevinc Ozarslan. Rachel presented data regarding the core issue genocide, which occurs approximately every 2

By Elena Kerr Week 1 at the UN CSW70 12/03/2026 CSW70 Parallel Event – Reconceptualising Justice at Work: Structural and Cultural Transformation Today I attended this empowering event discussing what justice means at the workplace. The panellists discussed topics such as women’s experiences at the workplace, changes, industrial segregation, and action points for improvement and inclusion. The panel included the expert speakers Gillian Unsworth, Tamara Thermitus, Zarin Hainswo

By Leen Shoura This time my story is different. It’s not about memories, not about the past, I’m writing about a fear I felt with my own skin, a fear I thought I had buried forever.    On July 16, Damascus was shaken in a way I hadn’t seen in a while. Around 3 p.m., the sky cracked open with thunder that wasn’t thunder. Israeli airstrikes struck the very heart of the capital, Umayyad Square, a place so central that no Syrian can imagine Damascus without it. The targets weren’

By Hana Shono Please note that as the event was held in Japanese, some of the quotations included in this blog post have been translated or summarised for clarity and may not reflect the speaker’s exact wording. On 22 January 2026, at 3pm JST, Peace Boat marked the fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with a commemorative event featuring the voices of diplomats, activists and Hibakusha, survivors of nuclear violence. The event was both