This month is the fifth anniversary of UN Resolution 1325, which calls for the full and equal participation of women in conflict prevention, peace processes and in drawing up democracies. But the former CIA Middle East specialist Reuel Marc Gerecht commented recently that equal rights between the sexes is not a precondition for the growth of democracy. So do women’s rights matter?
Martha is joined by former chair of Womankind and member of the 1325 working group Inge Relph, and Robert Whelan of the think tank Civitas.
