Rethinking peacekeeping, gender equality and collective security
By: Gina Heathcote, University of London, UK, Dianne Otto, University of Melbourne, Australia
Contributors: Otto, Dianne
Series: Thinking gender in transnational times
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781137400208
Subjects: Women's rights; Peacekeeping forces; Women and peace; Government policy; Women; Women and the military; Women (International law); United Nations
Description: Security Council resolution 1325 was a landmark in collective security, making the link between women's security and international peace and security. This book argues it is time to rethink the way the women, peace and security framework has impacted on peacekeeping, gender equality and collective security, drawing lessons from past practices and re-framing gender perspectives. From the hyper visibility of sexual violence to strategies for 'counting the women', this book considers the limitations of the contemporary women, peace and security agenda. It urges for a renewed structure that returns to the anti-militarist agenda associated with feminist thinking and one that recognises and responds to women's diversity and takes seriously the dangers of pursing peace through the Security Council.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Madeleine Rees; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes on contributors; title: List of acronyms; title: Introduction; title: Shame; title: The grip of sexual violence : reading UN Security Council resolutions on human security / Karen Engle; title: Participation, gender and security / Gina Heathcote; title: Shaming the state : sexual offences by UN military peacekeepers and the rhetoric of zero tolerance / RóisønBurke; title: Hope; title: The road to (and from) "recovery" : a multidisciplinary feminist approach to peacekeeping and peacebuilding / Laura J. Shepherd; title: Thinking globally and acting locally : linking women, peace and security in the Pacific / Sharon Bhagwan Rolls; title: Gender and transnational police reform : lessons from the regional assistance mission to Solomon Islands / Stephanie Cousins; title: Danger; title: Beyond stories of victory and danger : resisting feminism¿s amenability to serving Security Council politics / Dianne Otto; title: Security Council Resolution 1325 : a tool for conflict prevention? / Felicity Ruby; title: Increasing women's presence in peacekeeping operations : the rationales and realities of "gender balance" / Olivera Simi?; title: Silences; title: Systematic silencing : addressing sexual violence against men and boys in armed conflict and its aftermath / Chloé Lewis; title: Security Council Resolution 1325 : age and gender in conflict and the future of feminist activism / Cara Gleeson, Sharna de Lacy, May Maloney and Fiona McAlpine; title: The political economy of gender in UN peacekeeping / Jacqui True; title: Conclusions; title: Concluding remarks : establishing common ground between feminism and the military / Judith Gardam and Dale Stephens; title: Bibliography; title: Index.