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WOMEN AND WAR
Power
and Protection in the 21st Century
Edited by Kathleen Kuehnast, Chantal de Jonge Oudraat and Helga Hernes
$14.95 $12.00
(Paperback)
978-1-60127-064-1
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"Women and War should be on
the desk of every mediator, peacekeeper, and policymaker working in the
international peace and conflict arena. The book uses empirical evidence to cut
its way through stereotypes of women as victims of war, taking us on a vivid
journey of women's actual experiences, ranging from the 'rape camps' of Kosovo
to the surprising effects of a gender neutral peace in Angola. The authors shed
light on the triumphs and failures of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and
provide a road map for the full participation of women at all stages of
peacebuilding. The book is sure to make readers question deep-seated
assumptions about the roles of women, and will change how we all think about
war, peace and justice."
Melanie Greenberg,
For most
of the 20th century, the study and practice of war and international relations
focused on the security of states. The changing nature of conflict has led
analysts toward an expanded concept of human security that focuses not only on
the state but also the security concerns of the individual, including women.
Ten years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325,
which called for women’s equal participation in promoting peace and security
and for greater efforts to protect women, who are more exposed to violence
during and after conflict than men. The volume takes stock of the current state
of knowledge on women, peace and security issues, including efforts to increase
women’s participation in post-conflict reconstruction strategies and their
protection from wartime sexual violence. The authors also highlight the
resolution’s potential to advance the rights of women in a wide variety of
spheres by including analysis of legal, economic, and policy implications. .
Although gender-based analysis of conflict often remains outside the mainstream
of security dialogues. This volume underscores that much remains to be done at
both a conceptual and operational level to develop effective conflict
prevention and management strategies that are inclusive of women. The authors
take a forward-looking approach, emphasizing that setting a well-grounded
research agenda is the first step toward realizing the resolution’s dual goals
of power and protection.
Kathleen
Kuehnast
serves as gender adviser and lead for the Gender and Peacebuilding Initiative
in the Centers of Innovation at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).
Chantal
de Jonge Oudraat
is associate vice president of USIP’s Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program.
Helga
Hernes
is a senior adviser on women, peace, and security issues at the Peace Research
Institute Oslo (PRIO) and serves as a chair of the Norwegian Parliamentary
Intelligence Oversight Committee.
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