Missing Voices: The Continuing Underrepresentation of Women in Multilateral Forums on Weapons and Disarmament

摘要

The recently adopted Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons contains much that is unprecedented for an international nuclear weapons agreement. Consistent with the treaty's humanitarian foundations, its preamble recognizes victims of nuclear weapons use and testing.1 An article on victim assistance obligates states-parties for the first time to respond to affected individuals' rights and needs through an international framework. Obligations on environmental remediation represent a similarly novel step forward. The preamble's recognition of the disproportionate impact of nuclear weapons activities on indigenous peoples is also a first for arms treaties. These are major achievements.