Women, Peace and Conflict: A Decade after Resolution 1325

This special Issue on "Women, Peace and Conflict: A Decade after Resolution 1325" guest-edted by Susan Willet  marks the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in October 2010, on ‘Women, Peace and Security’. Hailed as a major milestone in the struggle for gender equality in all aspects of peacemaking, peacekeeping and post-conflict recovery, the implementation of 1325 has floundered over the intervening years. Gender discourse has been submerged by the dominant UN epistemology of hegemonic masculinity, militarism and war. This essay contextualizes the struggle for resolution 1325, and provides an overview of the major challenges that still need to be addressed if UN attempts to establish a durable peace in conflict zones are to conform to the 1325 mandate.

The eleven contributions include:

• Torunn L. Tryggestad: "The UN Peacebuilding Commission and Gender: A Case of Norm Reinforcement," pp. 159-171.
• Nadine Puechguirbal: "Discourses on Gender, Patriarchy and Resolution 1325: A Textual Analysis of UN Documents," pp. 172-187.
• Olivera Simić: "Does the Presence of Women Really Matter? Towards Combating Male Sexual Violence in Peacekeeping Operations," pp. 188-199.
• Machiko Kanetake: "Whose Zero Tolerance Counts? Reassessing a Zero Tolerance Policy against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers," pp. 200-214.
• Kate Grady: "Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers: A Threat to Impartiality," pp. 215-228.
• Kathleen M. Jennings: " Unintended Consequences of Intimacy: Political Economies of Peacekeeping and Sex Tourism," pp. 229-243.
• Letitia Anderson: "Politics by Other Means: When does Sexual Violence Threaten International Peace and Security?," pp. 244-260.
• Robert Jenkins and Anne-Marie Goetz: "Addressing Sexual Violence in Internationally Mediated Peace Negotiations," pp. 261-277.
• Eirin Mobekk: "Gender, Women and Security Sector Reform," pp. 278-291.
• Vandra Harris and Andrew Goldsmith: "Gendering Transnational Policing: Experiences of Australian Women in International Policing Operations," pp. 292-306.
• Cynthia Enloe: "Afterword," pp. 307-308.