Women can't fight. This assumption lies at the heart of the combat exclusion, a policy that
was fiercely defended as essential to national security, despite evidence that women have …

THE STUDY OF WAR AND peace in international relations must take seriously constructions
of masculinity, as well as the gender inequality they entail. Today, the ideal soldier is still …

Responding to the special issue call to examine security and militarism alongside one
another, this article adopts a critical feminist lens to explore what is at stake when critical …

Twenty years after the passing of Resolution 1325, the participation of women as military
personnel in peacekeeping operations remains limited. Women currently comprise just …

The military service of combat soldiers may pose many threats to their well being and often
take a toll on body and mind, influencing the physical and emotional make-up of combatants …

In 2021, a sexual misconduct scandal struck the Canadian military, leading to a profound
crisis in leadership. While some more recent allegations came to light before the# MeToo …

The militarization of Canadian society since 9/11 has attracted considerable academic
attention. What has largely escaped notice is the simultaneous process of remilitarization …

Our study contributes to the ongoing debate about women in combat by exploring women
combatants' experiences of war through interviews with women soldiers in the Israel …

Scholars in global security studies have only recently focused attention on how and why
international security organizations (ISOs) adapt. Since the United Nations Security …

Abstract In 2016, the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed
Forces (CAF) committed to the adoption of a Gender‐Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) toolkit …