The Revolution is Female: Myanmar鈥檚 Women Fighting Against Min Aung Hlaing鈥檚 Junta | Australian Institute of International Affairs
June 7th, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung shows how civil activism in Myanmar against the military junta is being increasingly led by women. Despite overwhelming odds, they are beginning to have impact.聽Southeast Asia has been facing a significant聽authoritarian turn聽in the past decade.
Iconic war images and the myth of the 鈥榞ood American Soldier鈥� | Media, War & Conflict
May 23rd, 2023 | This article explores the 鈥榞ood American soldier鈥� as a gendered ideal type shaped by, and reproductive of, myths about American military success, romantic notions of small-town working and white America, notions of heterosexual virility, and ableist stereotypes about personal resilience.
Seeking Inclusion, Breeding Exclusion? The UN鈥檚 WPS Agenda and the Syrian Peace Talks | International Negotiation
May 19th, 2023 | In this article, Dr. Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar analyzes the Women鈥檚 Advisory Board (WAB) to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, a unique mechanism designed to include women in peace processes. Has the WAB fulfilled its objective? Based on ethnographic material, and primary and secondary sources, we argue that the WAB fostered a sentiment of exclusion among some of its members and of the broader spectrum of Syrian women鈥檚 organizations.
Women and Peace Negotiations: Looking Forward, Looking Back | International Negotiation
May 9th, 2023 | Despite the global norm favoring women鈥檚 participation in peace negotiations, women continue to face constraints in accessing, influencing, and benefitting from peace settlements.
Neither the Global North nor the Global South: locating the post-Soviet space in/out of the Women, Peace and Security agenda | International Feminist Journal of Politics
April 25, 2023 | In this article, B茅n茅dicte Santoire argues that the post-Soviet space has been erased from the WPS literature because 鈥� as elsewhere in the social sciences 鈥� the end of the Cold War rearranged the East/West geopolitical imaginaries into a Global North/Global South divide. Consequently, this epistemic gap creates an incomplete picture of the WPS agenda as a whole.
Disrupting the Saviour Politics in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Global South: Grassroots Women Creating Gender Norms in Nepal and Sri Lanka | Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
April 5th, 2023 | Dr. Luna KC and Dr. Chrystal Whetstone argue that grassroots Global South women, despite their marginalisation, are global gender norms actors and deserve greater decision-making power on the local and international stages. They show how the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the broader WPS agenda focus on global gender norms construction in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Building National Identity through Schooling and Language Policies: Burmanization as a Diversity Management Strategy | Student Strategy & Security Journal
March 23rd, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung discusses the importance of policy making around languageand education in building a common national identity, using the case study of Myanmar from 1962 to the present day.
Deploying Feminism The Role of Gender in NATO Military Operations | Oxford University Press
February 16th, 2023 | In this book, St茅fanie Von Hlatky gives a detailed account, based on fieldwork and interviews, of how Women, Peace and Security norms are militarized and put at the service of operational effectiveness.
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Broken Pathways to Politics: Clearing a Path from Grassroots to Representative Politics | Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
February 10, 2023 | This article seeks to explain why so few women make the journey from social activism and community work to standing for election. Comparative research in Indonesia and Sri Lanka reveals four operations critical to mending the broken pathway to politics for non-elite women. Transference entails the recognition and valuing of women鈥檚 preexisting skills, knowledge and experiences gained through grassroots activity for the political field.
Shifting Authority: Indigenous Law-Making and State Governance | Journal of International Studies
February 7, 2023 | In this article, Leah Sarson examines the context of Canada鈥檚 extractive sector, where I question how and when Indigenous laws prevail over state laws to challenge colonial authority and reassert Indigenous self-determination.聽By highlighting new sites of authority and resistance, this work underscores the transformative possibilities of Indigenous politics.
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Women, Peace and Security governance in the Asia - Pacific: a multi-sclar field of discourse and practice | International Affairs
February 1st, 2023 | The UN's Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is now over 20 years old, yet much of the Asia鈥揚acific has been slow to engage in formalized WPS work at national and regional scales. In this article, St茅phanie Martel, Jennifer Mustafa, and Sarah E.
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, Hate Speech, and Terrorism: A Risk Assessment on the Rise of the Incel Rebellion in Canada | Violence Against Women Journal
December 7th, 2022 | In this article, Esli Chan reveals that Canadian violent extremism frameworks minimize online GBV as a form of extremism. GBV, which extends from online to offline realities, is not captured in theoretical frameworks for terrorism and hate speech.
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From Peace Talks to Parliaments: The Microprocesses Propelling Women into Formal Politics Following War - International Negotiation
October 14th, 2022 | In this article, Miriam Anderson and Marc Y. Valade find that women鈥檚 civil society built social networks reliant on cross-ethnic collaboration and the support of international actors during the peace negotiations. With the aid of those networks, they successfully entered formal politics and passed pro-women legislation, where they developed cross-party alliances and maintained close relationships with civil society, increasing their effectiveness in parliament.
A feminist opening of resilience: Elizabeth Grosz, Liberian Peace Huts and IR critiques | Journal of International Relations and Development
August 17th, 2022 | In this article, Dr. Maria Martin de Almagro and Dr. Pol Bargu茅s identify that resilience has often been reduced to an egalitarian project鈥攚here mechanical policies and schemes are deployed to ameliorate the conditions of women, enhance their participation in decision-making and pursue the equality between women and men鈥攖o advance in sustaining peace.
R茅solution 1325 et gouvernance globale : L鈥檃genda Femmes, Paix et S茅curit茅 (FPS) en tant que norme internationale | Etudes internationales
Le 11 ao没t 2022 | Cet essai de B茅n茅dicte Santoire interroge, apr猫s une revue litt茅raire de trois grands ouvrages portant sur l'agenda Femmes, Paix, et S茅curit茅, l'applicabilit茅 de cet agenda en adoptant un point de vue constructiviste et f茅ministe critique, rel猫ve les diverses interpr茅tations qui lui sont appliqu茅es, et met en exergue les critiques et les d茅fis 脿 venir pour la prochaine d茅cennie.