GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING

Gender and Peacebuilding offers a comprehensive and up to date analysis of how and why gender matters in contemporary peace operatio ns. 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 pa rticipation and protection of women and girls in peacebuilding operations. In presenting this mixed picture of progress and ongoing challenges...[Read more]