LIVES & RIGHTS
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Women, conflict, protection and accountability. Dated briefings with a path back to the evidence.
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Gaza · Palestine
Palestinian women: surviving war, sustaining life
Displacement changes more than an address. For Palestinian women in Gaza, it can mean losing a safe place to sleep, access to healthcare, an income and the people who shared the work of caring for a family.
Humanitarian context · dated source briefingSudan · El Obeid
Sudan: when collecting water becomes dangerous
The war in Sudan reaches into the most ordinary necessities of life. Women’s access to water, food and medical care is shaped by insecurity, displacement and the threat of sexual violence.
UN briefing · 24 July 2026Afghanistan
Afghanistan: the right to learn, work and be heard
Restrictions on women’s education, work and public life do not operate in isolation. They affect income, access to services and the ability to take part in decisions about a country’s future.
Rights context · UN Women resourcesUkraine
Ukraine: care, displacement and women-led response
Russia’s full-scale invasion has reshaped women’s lives through bereavement, displacement, injuries and growing care responsibilities. Keeping support services open is part of civilian protection.
Dated humanitarian briefingViolence & justice
Understanding the issuesGreece · Rhodes
Eleni Topaloudi: remembering a life, examining accountability
Eleni Topaloudi was a 21-year-old university student who was raped and killed on Rhodes in 2018. Her case became a focal point in Greece’s public discussion of femicide and sexual violence.
Appeal judgment reported · 20 May 2022Greece · Agioi Anargyroi
Kyriaki Griva: seeking protection must lead to safety
Kyriaki Griva, aged 28, was killed outside a police station in Agioi Anargyroi on 1 April 2024, after going there to report abusive behaviour.
Trial judgment reported · 29 July 2025Greece · European Court of Human Rights
X v. Greece: the duty to investigate sexual violence
A human-rights judgment about an investigation is different from a criminal verdict against an accused person. X v. Greece illustrates why that distinction matters.
ECHR judgment · application 38588/21Türkiye · European Court of Human Rights
Opuz v. Turkey: domestic violence as discrimination
Domestic violence is not simply a private dispute outside the responsibility of the state. This landmark judgment examined failures to protect a woman and her mother from repeated violence.
ECHR judgment · 9 June 2009Italy · European Court of Human Rights
Talpis v. Italy: the consequences of delayed protection
Elisaveta Talpis sought help for domestic violence before an attack in which her son was killed and she survived an attempted murder.
ECHR judgment · application 41237/14Cornell · allegations, institutional responses and the legal record