Lesley Pruitt – The Conversation

Ukrainian refugee with a child leaves the country at the Slovakian border fleeing Russian aggression against Ukraine, February 2022. Yanosh Nemesh/Shutterstock

May 14, 2024

How German media attention idealises female Ukrainian refugees

Antje Missbach, Bielefeld University and Lesley Pruitt, The University of Melbourne

Gender plays a huge part in the experiences of displaced people.

These participants in a seminar on advocacy and peacebuilding are part of a generation of young people working for global peace and security. Institute for Inclusive Security/flickr

December 16, 2015

Not just victims or threats: young people win recognition as workers for peace

Helen Berents, Queensland University of Technology and Lesley Pruitt, RMIT University

When nearly half the world’s people are under 24 years old, they clearly have a critical role to play in working for peace and security around the world.

Globally, one in three women will be beaten in their lifetime. Angela Sevin

March 8, 2013

Ending violence against women is good for everyone

Linda Murray, University of Tasmania and Lesley Pruitt, The University of Melbourne

Gender-based violence is condemned by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. But globally, one in three women will…

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