Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security [electronic resource] /
Heathcote, Gina.
Heathcote, G.editor.
Otto, D.editor.
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.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security: An Introduction; Part I: Shame; 1 The Grip of Sexual Violence: Reading UN Security Council Resolutions on Human Security; 2 Participation, Gender and Security; 3 Shaming the State: Sexual Offences by UN Military Peacekeepers and the Rhetoric of Zero Tolerance; Part II: Hope; 4 The Road to (and from) 'Recovery': A Multidisciplinary Feminist Approach to Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
5 Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Linking Women, Peace and Security in the Pacific6 Gender and Transnational Police Reform: Lessons from the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands; Part III: Danger; 7 Beyond Stories of Victory and Danger: Resisting Feminism's Amenability to Serving Security Council Politics; 8 Security Council Resolution 1325: A Tool for Conflict Prevention?; 9 Increasing Women's Presence in Peacekeeping Operations: The Rationales and Realities of 'Gender Balance'; Part IV: Silences
10 Systematic Silencing: Addressing Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath11 Security Council Resolution 1325: Age and Gender in Conflict and the Future of Feminist Activism; 12 The Political Economy of Gender in UN Peacekeeping; Part V: Conclusions; 13 Concluding Remarks: Establishing Common Ground between Feminism and the Military; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
United Nations
Political sociology.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
International relations.
Peace.
Political science.
Politics and war.
Political Sociology.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
International Relations.
Conflict Studies.
Political Science.
Military and Defence Studies.