Sara E. Davies - The Difference that Gender Makes to International Peace and Security

Fifteen years after the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which establishes the Women, Peace and Security agenda, there is now a need to assess the impacts of gender equality efforts and to understand why and how gender equality reforms have advanced to the extent that they have. This book examines how international peace and security is re-envisioned from a gender perspective by mostly focusing on the nuances presented by the Asia Pacific region. It argues that despite the diversity of political, sociocultural and economic systems in the Asia Pacific, women and girls in the region continue to experience similar forms of insecurities. Several countries in the Asia Pacific have demonstrated relative peace and stability. In addition, womens leadership and participation in peacebuilding are and continue to be increasingly recognised in the region too. However, as the chapters in this book demonstrate, applying a critical gender analysis allows for the interrogation of veneers of political order which can then mask or normalise everyday gendered insecurities. The analysis of country cases such as Myanmar, Cambodia and Fiji underscores a rethinking of the political order in the Asia Pacific which leaves existing gender inequalities intact.

The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of the International Feminist Journal of Politics.

Sara E. Davies is Associate Professor at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Griffith Asia Institute, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow.

Nicole George is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia. Nicoles research focuses on the gendered politics of conflict and peacebuilding, violence, security and participation, broadly conceived.

Jacqui True is Director of the Gender, Peace and Security Centre, Professor of Politics and International Relations and an ARC Future Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She is a specialist in Gender and International Relations. Her research is focused on understanding the political economy of post-conflict violence against women and the patterns of systemic sexual and gender-based violence in Asia Pacific conflict-affected countries.

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Sara E. Davies, Nicole George and Jacqui True

First published 2019

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The chapters in this book were originally published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics, volume 19, issue 1 (March 2017). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows: