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Logics of Gender, Peace, and Security: Theorizing Gender and Protection at the Intersections of State and Civil Society
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This article raises urgent questions concerning the relationship between states and women’s civil society organisations (CSOs). It pays attention to how normative frameworks like the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda and Responsibility to Protect (R2P) have understood the role of women’s CSOs in relation to preventing mass atrocity crimes, like genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This article sets out is the importance of taking seriously the gendered expectations of women’s CSOs in relation to the maintenance and promotion of peace, the prevention of, and response to, mass atrocity crimes, and violent extremism. Those con-cerned with questions of implementation need to take seriously the ways in which gender organizes how work, labor, resources, and care are valued and what this means for the funding of CSOs who work to maintain peace and security.
Key findings
- Womens's Organisations in the field of Peace and Security Need to be better fundedEvidence
The lack of resources available for peace work and the worldwide lack of funding for the implementa- tion of the WPS Agenda—acknowledged repeatedly in WPS Resolutions and Reports
What it meansIn the civil society space, women are expected to do more with less. Many women's organisations are at the forefront of detecting and preventing mass atrocity crimes and violence, but are under resourced and underfunded.
If the international community wants to fulfil its commitment to WPS and R2P, then it needs to listen to women, recognise their various forms of agency and fund their work properly.
Proposed action
- Incorporate women's organisations and their expertise in policy making
When decisions are being made about detecting or preventing mass atrocity crimes, include a diverse range of women and groups. Ensure they are well paid, funded and protected for the work they do. Ensure that protection measures are done with women in leadership roles and that they are well resourced to do this work.
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Logics of Gender, Peace, and Security: Theorizing Gender and Protection at the Intersections of State and Civil Society
Cite this brief: Hall, Lucy. 'Logics of Gender, Peace, and Security: Theorizing Gender and Protection at the Intersections of State and Civil Society'. Acume. https://www.acume.org/r/logics-of-gender-peace-and-security-theorizing-gender-and-protection-at-the-intersections-of-state-and-civil-society/
Brief created by: Dr Lucy Hall | Year brief made: 2024
Original research:
- Hall, L., Logics of Gender, Peace, and Security: Theorizing Gender and Protection at the Intersections of State and Civil Society https://watermark.silverchair.com/ksab016.pdf. – https://watermark.silverchair.com/ksab016.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA1MwggNPBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNAMIIDPAIBADCCAzUGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMUt9FKDRjUEgZ8BLhAgEQgIIDBmF09OWHnxpaB3l9tN475d7JXgT5GAh2KirF2MuxhhIH6ZEESdMHZCpTME0OZCk76s4ZJV2tvI1WJlEfnrw2yFtfkseWQ38l84-zW6fyViwXxSHh51UFCy2eCdKgLuNwqvDQsVVce-L32hB1PCg1-wk2HC2a8D4UYuRUvHwYoFVZQvT0xJw4uJK8_AEbItaHjCzjJFjbLgrBdbtJKis96crQX7ywF8w8IYF-f5OoUzLc4Cu8OuJGIS-Llq6wOm1RFofjq1Wyz0WOJbFOX0YLGrhP2n0zeArV6JFppHS4hcLfCYmBdFvr137b4B4Wtc8blwh1aEy7GADtZb8J58xLvdUERcidZyso0THk0JdqOUgkbAESR_4qq3bcaV7RV1HcXMDsfSa5M6xuQc4vYX8N37Pn51KefEQmS9duqu_nH-pBGUWuyKxrK0B4b4ziyHWph9P2-zXptsajVOWapBSqPfEyhhwxH_xMdhNT3r4MAGxufxG3AqiHaHVhDoyhb9QOWpzHXZywFc-OlXPKbvOSZ7KdMKIHU9zrbivwkk5Sa_vzy7103GWNM3ET40eN3ro8Gtt9GkrA02EMXieZT80ORhc0d16z9YCLHShrVYQnZmcxHq26vwQOuFzBk8O8k-V0-4cvtlb9ogqWfDWEnjPd7p0U3DYD2alDrFRftLfjmrczArsAfIDy8KcESx6LVJGSBCux4jI3dnj5z9xsDV_-WJ2aQTHByzqWkLCdniO6LPaDAVajFvtPJ8DXytwR72yqE57K6n0n4cqpuJFzPuaBg3heoYjCVP-h8_Kd_2BwlMD3z7gd5evYCoAp3_uvMvolVXOdES4jdkUaD4ZfQtILb8On-lrWZhbFYOxLJL5BuYfT7UBRhlf_2AXOuK0hl6CnNhYS2eO0Yjb5GPxbGSxZsWNkgvEPl7FGOuMZUMXL8hv-ZJMkL0Z5EFVQvNqkwE_0Nkoh8K7fbSR5t6GEc1lzE1CLlIyQGx6rRlJepZ7XzsDLlI7xJGdFI35Cl1IUy9MrzlMcJmseNQ
Research brief:
This article raises urgent questions concerning the relationship between states and women’s civil society organisations (CSOs). It pays attention to how normative frameworks like the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda and Responsibility to Protect (R2P) have understood the role of women’s CSOs in relation to preventing mass atrocity crimes, like genocide, war crimes and…
This article sets out is the importance of taking seriously the gendered expectations of women’s CSOs in relation to the maintenance and promotion of peace, the prevention of, and response to, mass atrocity crimes, and violent extremism. Those con-cerned with questions of implementation need to take seriously the ways in which gender organizes how work, labor, resources, and care are valued and what this means for the funding of CSOs who work to maintain peace and security.
Findings:
Womens’s Organisations in the field of Peace and Security Need to be better funded
The lack of resources available for peace work and the worldwide lack of funding for the implementa- tion of the WPS Agenda—acknowledged repeatedly in WPS Resolutions and Reports
In the civil society space, women are expected to do more with less. Many women’s organisations are at the forefront of detecting and preventing mass atrocity crimes and violence, but are under resourced and underfunded.
If the international community wants to fulfil its commitment to WPS and R2P, then it needs to listen to women, recognise their various forms of agency and fund their work properly.
Advice:
Incorporate women’s organisations and their expertise in policy making
- When decisions are being made about detecting or preventing mass atrocity crimes, include a diverse range of women and groups. Ensure they are well paid, funded and protected for the work they do.
Ensure that protection measures are done with women in leadership roles and that they are well resourced to do this work.
- When decisions are being made about detecting or preventing mass atrocity crimes, include a diverse range of women and groups. Ensure they are well paid, funded and protected for the work they do.