This book examines the relationship between women, gender and the international security
agenda, exploring the meaning of security in terms of discourse and practice, as well as the …

Making Gender, Making War is a unique interdisciplinary edited collection which explores
the social construction of gender, war-making and peacekeeping. It highlights the institutions …

Since the 1970s, gender expertise has achieved a high degree of salience in global
governance processes in general, and, over the last decade, within institutions concerned …

Over the past two decades, the international Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda
has established a commitment to increase the participation of women in matters of peace …

While serving in United Nations peacekeeping missions, some peacekeepers sexually
exploit and abuse the local population, a fact which erupted into a scandal published by …

In Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Military Contingents: Moving Beyond the Current
Status Quo and Responsibility under International law Róisín Burke explores the legal …

Globally, millions of people are affected by war and conflicts every year. However, women
have increasingly suffered the greatest harm by war in more different ways than men. We …

The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by
focusing on the space in between. The volume brings together cutting-edge chapters that …

In seeking to understand the reasons for gender-based crimes in peacekeeping operations,
some researchers have referred to the underlying influences of masculinity on …

The promotion of gender, ethnic and equal opportunity policies in the defence sector is a key
issue. This paper examines the importance of developing policy and setting international …