By Heather Tasker and Mariam Elzeiny, on behalf of the Conjugal Slavery in War (CSiW) Partnership Project
Canada’s commitment to upholding and implementing a Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) has sparked significant discussion and engagement over the past three years and has demonstrated potential for advancing gender equality initiatives globally. Two key elements of a FFP are a commitment to intersectional policy approaches and advancing the rights of girl children. Female children are specifically victimized in times of war, and to date there has been little consideration of children born of sexual violence in times of war (Children Born of War: CBoW). These young people live in conflict and post-conflict regions ranging from Colombia to Iraq, Sub-Saharan Africa to the Balkans, and yet we have not seen recognition of, or sustained policy attention to, their unique set of challenges and needs. [Read full blog here]
