Record Number of Women Living Within Striking Distance of Military Conflicts By the Peace Research Institute Oslo Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/record-number-of-women-living-within-striking-distance-of-military-conflicts/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UN_at_a_Mixed_Legacy_of_Highs_and_Lows_An_Overdose_of_Renewables_New_Energy_Risk_in_Brazil_and_more OSLO, Norway, Sep 25 2025 (IPS) - The battlefield is no longer distant; for millions of women, it’s next door. 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 report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). That is the highest figure recorded since the end of the Cold War. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.