Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security

by Heathcote, Gina; Otto, Dianne

• ISBN13: 9781137400208
• ISBN10: 113740020X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-09-05
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Gina Heathcote is Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK. She is author of The Law on the Use of Force: a Feminist Analysis.
 
Dianne Otto is Professor and Francine V McNiff Chair in Human Rights at the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security: An Introduction; Dianne Otto and Gina Heathcote
PART I: SHAME
1. The Grip of Sexual Violence: Reading UN Security Council Resolutions on Human Security; Karen Engle
2. Participation, Gender and Security; Gina Heathcote
3. Shaming the State: Sexual Offences by UN Military Peacekeepers and the Rhetoric of Zero Tolerance; Róisín Burke
PART II: HOPE
4. The Road to (and from) 'Recovery': A Multidisciplinary Feminist Approach to Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; Laura J. Shepherd
5. Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Linking Women, Peace and Security in the Pacific; Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
6. Gender and Transnational Police Reform: Lessons from the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands; Stephanie Cousins
PART III: DANGER
7. Beyond Stories of Victory and Danger: Resisting Feminism's Amenability to Serving Security Council Politics; Dianne Otto
8. Security Council Resolution 1325: A Tool for Conflict Prevention?; Felicity Ruby
9. Increasing Women's Presence in Peacekeeping Operations: The Rationales and Realities of 'Gender Balance'; Olivera Simic
PART IV: SILENCES 10. Systematic Silencing: Addressing Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath; Chloé Lewis
11. 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
12. The Political Economy of Gender in UN Peacekeeping; Jacqui True
PART V: CONCLUSIONS
13. Concluding Remarks: Establishing Common Ground between Feminism and the Military; Judith Gardam and Dale Stephens