Gender Equality In Un Peacekeeping

Author : Sally Anne Corcoran
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104002078X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping written by Sally Anne Corcoran and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates to what extent UNSCR 1325/WPS agenda has functioned in practice, to advance women’s equality and empowerment in the peacekeeping context and beyond. The book examines whether widespread implementation of UNSCR 1325 and the broader WPS agenda via gender mainstreaming in UN operations has translated into increased gender equality in peacekeeping operations, the broader UN institutional context and, by extension, the host countries in which missions are situated, via norm dissemination. The book investigates this via a review of the implementation of UNSCR1325 in the operations chosen as research sites over three snapshot years. The book undertakes a comparative analysis that scrutinizes if, how and under what conditions gender mainstreaming has succeeded as a strategy to advance gender equality by analyzing the factors/conditions that have led to successful gender mainstreaming across the operational context, and those that have impeded this outcome. The book concludes that, despite rhetorical commitments to women’s equality in peacekeeping since the passage of UNSCR 1325, progress on the ground has remained minimal, and that the operational environment continues to be discriminatory against women. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, women do not participate as equal partners in peacekeeping and continue to have less access to resources and decision-making power, overall. The book interrogates that by exploring the spaces available within law, policy and practice of the UN to pursue the human rights agenda of gender equality and considers whether UNSCR 1325 has enlarged those spaces. It also points to the irony of internal UN structures failing to adequately adapt to their own gender mainstreaming mandates, while those same structures have delivered some gender equality mandates successes externally, at local levels. This book will be of interest to students of peacekeeping, gender studies, and International Relations.

Author : Sabrina Karim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190602422
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping written by Sabrina Karim and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent developments such as Sweden's' Feminist Foreign Policy, the "Hillary Doctrine," and the integration of women into combat roles in the U.S. have propelled gender equality to the forefront of international politics. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, however, has been integrating gender equality into peacekeeping missions for nearly two decades as part of the women, peace and security agenda that has been most clearly articulated in UNSC Resolution 1325. To what extent have peacekeeping operations achieved gender equality in peacekeeping operations and been vehicles for promoting gender equality in post-conflict states? While there have been major improvements related to women's participation and protection, there is still much left to be desired. Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley argue that gender power imbalances between the sexes and among genders place restrictions on the participation of women in peacekeeping missions. Specifically, discrimination, a relegation of women to safe spaces, and sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment, and violence (SEAHV) continue to threaten progress on gender equality. Using unique cross-national data on sex-disaggregated participation of peacekeepers and on the allegations of SEAHV, as well as original data from the UN Mission in Liberia, the authors examine the origins and consequences of these challenges. Karim and Beardsley also identify and examine how increasing the representation of women in peacekeeping forces, and even more importantly through enhancing a more holistic value for "equal opportunity," can enable peacekeeping operations to overcome the challenges posed by power imbalances and be more of an example of and vehicle for gender equality globally.

Author : Louise Olsson
Publisher : Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gendering UN Peacekeeping written by Louise Olsson and published by Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research. This book was released on 1999 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. Heathcote
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137400218
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security written by G. Heathcote and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the Security Council has approached issues of gender equality since 2000. Written by academics, activists and practitioners the book challenges the reader to consider how women's participation, gender equality, sexual violence and the prevalence of economic disadvantages might be addressed in post-conflict communities.

Author : Luisa Blanchfield
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437989489
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United Nations System Efforts to Address Violence Against Women written by Luisa Blanchfield and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sahana Dharmapuri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Just a Numbers Game written by Sahana Dharmapuri and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report argues that the UN is unlikely to reach its gender goals because it is not fully implementing its own two-pronged approach of increasing the number of women in peacekeeping operations and integrating a gender perspective within its missions. Three issues have hindered the achievement of these goals: a lack of understanding among member states about Resolution 1325 and UN policy on gender equality in peace operations; a gap in data and analysis about women's participation in national security institutions; and, most importantly, the prevalence of social norms and biases that perpetuate gender inequality within the security sector. The author offers six recommendations for a more strategic vision on gender equality and more coherent efforts in the field, at UN headquarters, and within key member states."--IPI web site.

Author : Olivera Simic
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642284841
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulation of Sexual Conduct in UN Peacekeeping Operations written by Olivera Simic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations. It assesses the Secretary-General’s Bulletin on Special Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2003) (SGB) and its definition of sexual exploitation, which includes sexual relationships and prostitution. With reference to people affected by the policy (using the example of Bosnian women and UN peacekeepers), and taking account of both radical and ‘sex positive’ feminist perspectives, the book finds that the inclusion of consensual sexual relationships and prostitution in the definition of sexual exploitation is not tenable. The book argues that the SGB is overprotective, relies on negative gender and imperial stereotypes, and is out of step with international human rights norms and gender equality. It concludes that the SGB must be revised in consultation with those affected by it, namely local women and peacekeepers, and must fully respect their human rights and freedoms, particularly the right to privacy and sexuality rights.

Author : Louise Olsson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047428935
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Peacekeeping: The Yearbook of International Peace Operations written by Louise Olsson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expands the inquiry of United Nations peace operations to incorporate their effects on the equality of the host state. To achieve this, a mainstream-based analytical framework, additionally informed by suggestions from feminist research, is formulated and applied to the case of Timor-Leste. The study makes two contributions. Firstly, it enhances our ability to trace changes in the power balance between men and women by developing the concept of gender power-relations, especially introducing security equality (understood as the distribution of protection between men and women). Secondly, when the concept of gender power-relations had been developed to enable a more fine-grained analysis, the project proceeds to systematically explore effects of peace operations on these power-relations in the host state. The results shows the importance of considering the differences in situation of men and women in order both to avoid doing harm and to obtain a more equal peace.

Author : Lesley J. Pruitt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520290615
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Women in Blue Helmets written by Lesley J. Pruitt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Women in Blue Helmets tells the story of the first all-female police unit deployed by India to the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia in January 2007. Lesley J. Pruitt investigates how the unit was originated, developed, and implemented, offering an important historical record of this unique initiative. Examining precedents in policing in the troop-contributing country and recent developments in policing in the host country, the book offers contextually rich examination of all-female units, explores the potential benefits of and challenges to women’s participation in peacekeeping, and illuminates broader questions about the relationship between gender, peace, and security.

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Publisher : United Nations Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Mainstreaming written by and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides assistance in creating greater understanding of the mainstreaming approach and its practical implications and in identifying entry points for moving the analysis further in various concrete contexts.