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

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 perspec...

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Other Authors: Boyd, Rosalind (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2016
Series:Gender in a global/local world
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Table of 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