The search for lasting peace : critical perspectives on gender-responsive human security

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Author:

Boyd, Rosalind, author, editor.

ISBN:

9781472420961

9781472420985

Physical Description:

xvi, 202 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Gender in a global/local world

Gender in a global/local world.

Contents:

Locating gender in approaches to human security : an introduction / Rosalind Boyd -- Please leave your weapons at the door : re-gendering human security from "human security now" to disarmament / Kristin Valasek -- UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security : perspectives on its implementation by Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands / Gunilla de Vries Lindestam -- Challenges and risks in documenting state sexual violence in Burma / Nang Lao Liang Won -- Women's security in a globalized world : lessons from Gujarat, India / Dolores Chew -- The Palestinian women's sector and the promotion of human security / Manal Jamal -- No sanctuary for asylum-seekers : the impact of Canada's refugee policy on South Asian women claimants in Quebec / Laila Malik and Shree Mulay -- Justice for whom? : engendering transitional justice : the case of East Timor / Corey Levine -- Reparations for sexual and reproductive violence : gender justice and human security challenges in Guatemala and Peru / Colleen Duggan -- Human security and the G-8 Africa action plan : what provisions for women and children in post-conflict communities? / J. Andrew Grant -- A gendered perspective on the misuse and proliferation of small arms/firearms / Wendy Cukier -- Conclusion / Rosalind Boyd -- Appendix 1: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.

Abstract:

Presenting the human security agenda as a policy response to the changing nature of violent conflicts and war, this collection traces its evolution in relation to conflicts in different contexts (Burma, India, Palestine, Canada, East Timor, Guatemala, Peru and African countries) and from the perspective of gender, addressing initiatives for peace with justice. Cases are analysed when the human security agenda, including UNSC resolution 1325, was in its initial phase and point to both the weakness of the concept and the unexpected direction it has taken. These discussions -- always relevant -- are more urgent than ever as gender-based violence against women has increased, resulting in new UNSC resolutions. Some chapters suggest that militarism and economic globalization must be directly confronted. Many of the contributors to the volume bridge the gap between academic research and activism as 'scholar-activists' with an engaged connection to the situations they are describing. Human security remains an active component of policy and academic debates in security studies, women's and gender studies, development studies, history and political economy as well as within NGO communities. This rich collection fills a needed gap in the literature and it does so in a language and style that is clear, accessible and reader-friendly.

Corporate Subject:

United Nations. Security Council. Resolution 1325.

United Nations. Security Council.

Subject Term:

Women and human security -- Case studies.

Women and peace -- Case studies.

Human security -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Boyd, Rosalind,

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Presenting the human security agenda as a policy response to the changing nature of violent conflicts and war, this collection traces its evolution in relation to conflicts in different contexts (Burma, India, Palestine, Canada, East Timor, Guatemala, Peru and African countries) and from the perspective of gender, addresses initiatives for peace with justice. Cases are analysed when the human security agenda, including UNSC resolution 1325, was in its initial phase and point to both the weakness of the concept and the unexpected direction it has taken. These discussions - always relevant - are more urgent than ever as gender-based violence against women has increased, resulting in new UNSC resolutions. Some chapters suggest that militarism and economic globalization must be directly confronted. Many of the contributors to the volume bridge the gap between academic research and activism as 'scholar-activists' with an engaged connection to the situations they are describing. Human security remains an active component of policy and academic debates in security studies, women's and gender studies, development studies, history and political economy as well as within NGO communities. This rich collection fills a needed gap in the literature and it does so in a language and style that is clear, accessible and reader-friendly.