- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Women, Peace, and Security: A Transformative Agenda?
- Peace and Security from a Feminist Perspective
- Adoption of 1325 Resolution
- Civil Society’s Leadership in Adopting 1325 Resolution
- Scholarly Debates and Contested Meanings of WPS
- Advocacy and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
- WPS as a Political Movement
- Locating Masculinities in WPS
- WPS and Adopted Security Council Resolutions
- WPS and Gender Mainstreaming
- The Production of the 2015 Global Study
- WPS and Conflict Prevention
- What Works in Participation
- What Works (and Fails) in Protection
- What Works in Relief and Recovery
- Where the WPS Pillars Intersect
- WPS and Female Peacekeepers
- WPS and SEA in Peacekeeping Operations
- WPS and Peacekeeping Economies
- WPS in Military Training and Socialization
- WPS and Policing: New Terrain
- WPS, States, and the National Action Plans
- WPS inside the United Nations
- WPS and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict
- WPS and the Human Rights Council
- WPS and International Financial Institutions
- WPS and the International Criminal Court
- WPS and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- WPS and the African Union
- WPS and the Association of South East Asian Nations
- WPS and the Pacific Islands Forum
- WPS and the Organization of American States
- WPS and Civil Society
- WPS and Transnational Feminist Networks
- Delivering WPS Protection in All Female Peacekeeping Force: The Case of Liberia
- Securing Participation and Protection in Peace Agreements: The Case of Colombia
- WPS and Women’s Roles in Conflict-Prevention: The Case of Bougainville
- Women in Rebellion: The Case of Sierra Leone
- Protecting Displaced Women and Girls: The Case of Syria
- Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway
- WPS as Diplomatic Vocation: The Case of China
- Women Controlling Arms, Building Peace: The Case of the Philippines
- Testing the WPS Agenda: The Case of Afghanistan
- Mainstreaming WPS in the Armed Forces: The Case of Australia
- WPS and Responsibility to Protect
- WPS and Protection of Civilians
- WPS, Children, and Armed Conflict
- WPS, Gender, and Disabilities
- WPS and Humanitarian Action
- WPS, Migration, and Displacement
- WPS and LGBTI Rights
- WPS and CEDAW, Optional Protocol, and General Recommendations
- Women’s Roles in CVE
- WPS and Arms Trade Treaty
- WPS and Sustainable Development Goals
- WPS and the Convention against Torture
- WPS and Climate Change
- Global Study: Looking Forward
- Measuring WPS: A New Global Index
- Pursuing Gender Security
- The Challenge of Foreign Policy in the WPS Agenda
- Networked Advocacy
- Women’s Peacemaking in South Asia
- WPS, Peace Negotiations, and Peace Agreements
- The WPS Agenda: A Postcolonial Critique
- The WPS Agenda and Strategy for the Twenty-First Century
- The Challenges of Monitoring and Analyzing WPS for Scholars
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter outlines the architecture of the Women, Peace, and Security agenda at the United Nations. Building on the explanation of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 provided earlier in the volume, it explores the meanings of “women,” “peace,” and “security” that are constructed through the WPS policy framework. The chapter traces the continuities and changes to the central concepts in the resolutions and reflects on the implications of these representational practices as they affect the provisions and principles of the WPS agenda in practice. Moreover, the chapter draws out the key provisions of each resolution to explore the tensions that have arisen over time regarding the types of energy and commitment that have become manifest in the architecture supporting WPS implementation. This in turn enables a brief analysis of likely future directions of WPS practice and a comment on the ways in which Security Council dynamics might affect and effect certain possibilities while excluding or proscribing others.
Keywords: representational practices, policy framework, implementation, Security Council
Laura J. Shepherd is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.
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- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Women, Peace, and Security: A Transformative Agenda?
- Peace and Security from a Feminist Perspective
- Adoption of 1325 Resolution
- Civil Society’s Leadership in Adopting 1325 Resolution
- Scholarly Debates and Contested Meanings of WPS
- Advocacy and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
- WPS as a Political Movement
- Locating Masculinities in WPS
- WPS and Adopted Security Council Resolutions
- WPS and Gender Mainstreaming
- The Production of the 2015 Global Study
- WPS and Conflict Prevention
- What Works in Participation
- What Works (and Fails) in Protection
- What Works in Relief and Recovery
- Where the WPS Pillars Intersect
- WPS and Female Peacekeepers
- WPS and SEA in Peacekeeping Operations
- WPS and Peacekeeping Economies
- WPS in Military Training and Socialization
- WPS and Policing: New Terrain
- WPS, States, and the National Action Plans
- WPS inside the United Nations
- WPS and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict
- WPS and the Human Rights Council
- WPS and International Financial Institutions
- WPS and the International Criminal Court
- WPS and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- WPS and the African Union
- WPS and the Association of South East Asian Nations
- WPS and the Pacific Islands Forum
- WPS and the Organization of American States
- WPS and Civil Society
- WPS and Transnational Feminist Networks
- Delivering WPS Protection in All Female Peacekeeping Force: The Case of Liberia
- Securing Participation and Protection in Peace Agreements: The Case of Colombia
- WPS and Women’s Roles in Conflict-Prevention: The Case of Bougainville
- Women in Rebellion: The Case of Sierra Leone
- Protecting Displaced Women and Girls: The Case of Syria
- Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway
- WPS as Diplomatic Vocation: The Case of China
- Women Controlling Arms, Building Peace: The Case of the Philippines
- Testing the WPS Agenda: The Case of Afghanistan
- Mainstreaming WPS in the Armed Forces: The Case of Australia
- WPS and Responsibility to Protect
- WPS and Protection of Civilians
- WPS, Children, and Armed Conflict
- WPS, Gender, and Disabilities
- WPS and Humanitarian Action
- WPS, Migration, and Displacement
- WPS and LGBTI Rights
- WPS and CEDAW, Optional Protocol, and General Recommendations
- Women’s Roles in CVE
- WPS and Arms Trade Treaty
- WPS and Sustainable Development Goals
- WPS and the Convention against Torture
- WPS and Climate Change
- Global Study: Looking Forward
- Measuring WPS: A New Global Index
- Pursuing Gender Security
- The Challenge of Foreign Policy in the WPS Agenda
- Networked Advocacy
- Women’s Peacemaking in South Asia
- WPS, Peace Negotiations, and Peace Agreements
- The WPS Agenda: A Postcolonial Critique
- The WPS Agenda and Strategy for the Twenty-First Century
- The Challenges of Monitoring and Analyzing WPS for Scholars
- Index