This article argues that international criminal law, like its domestic counterpart, is a
contradictory site for feminist activism. While it offers some important tools for recognising,
naming and giving legal credence to the realities of women's lives in times of conflict,
international criminal law is also a limited and limiting arena for feminist-inspired social
change. My objective in this article is to highlight some of these limitations, not to counsel
against continuing feminist activism, but to start a conversation about some of the costs, risks …