Overview Factsheets

Women and War
Brief overview/factsheet on Women and War - from the ICRC
ICRC

ICRC: Women and war
ICRC site on women and war. Thousands of women all over the world suffer the traumas of war — widowed, displaced, detained, separated from loved ones, victims of violence and injury. Usually civilians caught in the crossfire, women very often show resourcefulness and resilience in coping with their loss and the destruction of their lives.
ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)

PeaceWomen.org
Provides accurate and timely information on women, peace and security issues and women's peace-building initiatives in areas of armed conflict, in partnership with UNIFEM's Portal on Peace, Women and Security. Includes gendered conflict country profiles, themed profiles, news, etc.
WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)

UN OCHA: Women and War
Contains introduction and overview on the topic of women and war, and links to UN documents and other resources.
UN OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)

UNIFEM Portal on Women, Peace and Security
Provides background information and timely updates on the impact of armed conflict on women and women’s role in peace-building. This portal will systematically gather information and analysis both to inform decision-makers and to provoke greater response to women’s experience of war and peace making.
UNIFEM (United Nations' Development Fund for Women)

Women and Militarism
Although war and the military are considered to be "men's work," armed conflict and the militarist ideology have had a great impact on women all over the world.
WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)

Women and war - An overview
This article aims to draw attention to the multifaceted ways in which women experience armed conflict and, to a limited extent, to some of the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross to assist and protect women.
ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)