Ebook: Equal opportunity peacekeeping : women, peace, and security in post-conflict states
Author: Beardsley Kyle, Karim Sabrina
- Tags: United Nations, Peacekeeping forces, United Nations, Security Council, Resolution 1325, Peacekeeping forces, Peacekeeping forces, Women
- Series: Oxford studies in gender and international relations
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Despite reforms that have realized major improvements, gender power imbalances within and through peacekeeping missions continue to pose major challenges. Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley explore how increasing the representation of women, particularly through an 'equal opportunity' framework, will help peacekeeping operations become more of a vehicle for gender equality globally
Abstract: Despite reforms that have realized major improvements, gender power imbalances within and through peacekeeping missions continue to pose major challenges. Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley explore how increasing the representation of women, particularly through an 'equal opportunity' framework, will help peacekeeping operations become more of a vehicle for gender equality globally