Gender and Peacebuilding
Title | Gender and Peacebuilding |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Duncanson, Claire |
Number of Pages | 155 |
Publisher | Polity Press |
City | Cambridge, UK |
Abstract | This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how and why gender matters in contemporary peace operations. It draws on a wide range of examples from across the world to offer a nuanced account of the UN's attempts to mainstream gender into peace operations via Security Council Resolution 1325, and assesses the successes and failures of this effort to enhance the participation and protection of women and girls in peacebuilding operations. In presenting this mixed picture of progress and ongoing challenges, the book argues for bold steps forward that will enable peacebuilding to contest the current neoliberal order, address structural inequalities, and bring about feminist visions of peace and security. It is only by focusing attention on the economic empowerment of women and its ability to temper the dangers of neo-liberalism in post-conflict contexts that feminists can hope to achieve these aims. |
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