Cedaw and the Security Council: Enhancing Women's Rights in Conflict

O’Rourke, Catherine; Swaine, Aisling

doi:10.1017/s0020589317000483

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“…General Recommendation No. 30 provides for CEDAW-based gender planning for peace and security (CEDAW, 2013) (O’ Rourke & Swaine, 2018). In addition, a recent ‘Framework of Cooperation’ (2018) between the Committee and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict provides for ‘advancing national level implementation of human rights standards on the protection of women and girls affected by conflict-related sexual violence’ (Framework of Cooperation, 2018).…”

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Addressing the Gendered Interests of Victims/Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Their Children Through National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security

Swaine

2020

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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There is growing acknowledgement of the need to address the impacts of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), with less recognition of conflict-related reproductive and maternal harms and children born of war (CBW). An intricate set of common as well as distinctive interests arise for both victims/survivors and their children that remain unfulfilled. National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security (NAPs-WPS) present an opportunity to redress these gaps. This article examines to what extent are NAPs-WPS responsive to the specific rights and gendered interests of victims/survivors of CRSV and their children? It advances thinking on gender planning for peace and security and makes three significant analytical contributions: a ‘Typology of Impacts and Losses’ advancing understanding of CRSV; a ‘Gender Interests Analysis’ framework, identifying the practical and strategic gender interests of victims/survivors and their children; and application of these frameworks to produce a critical analysis of the NAPs-WPS of Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines and Timor-Leste. It finds that planning under WPS is failing to ensure that multi-sectoral services are available, while reproductive and maternity issues and CBW are completely neglected in the selected NAPs-WPS. The article discusses the implications of these findings for gender planning through NAPs-WPS going forward.

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Addressing the Gendered Interests of Victims/Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Their Children Through National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security

Swaine

2020

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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“…Feminist academics and activists are critical of the United Nations Security Council's approach to gender and discrimination. The ratification of Resolution 1325 was primarily motivated by the proponents' desire to eliminate the exclusion of women from decision-making processes and enhance their participation in the general operations of the United Nations Security Council [13]. Women comprised a mere 1% of peacekeepers in 1993; by 2014, which number had scarcely increased to 3% [14].…”

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“…Feminists argue that instead of permitting women to be "utilized" by the state, they ought to be granted the agency to surmount challenges and actively engage in society [13]. Moreover, communities may develop a skepticism of women's rights organizations if they are supported by authorities to counter radicalism rather than promote gender equality, given the associations of these organizations with state security protocols.…”

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Gender Concerns Aid in the Understanding of Peace and Conflict

Liu

2024

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Centred on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, this study provides insights into the role of gender in peace and conflict, including but not limited to advocating for gender equality, preventing sexual violence, protecting women who are victims of conflict, and promoting women's participation in international peace-related activities. This study highlights the different roles that women play in conflict and challenges the traditional view of women as mere victims of conflict through three cases. While Turkey's national culture contributes to the challenges faced by women in the military, such as sexual harassment. At the same time, there has been a lack of progress in empowering women and integrating them into peace and security institutions. In the case of the African Union, for example, despite a series of documents advocating for women's advancement and gender equality, little progress has been made in two decades when it comes to implementation at the country level. Nepal is an example of women's empowerment in conflict. The transformation of widowhood practices is one of the most noteworthy aspects of the conflict, in which women were able to get what they wanted. The research indicates that though resolution 1325 may not fully increase the social positions of women, women could defend their rights and enhance their powers on their own through conflicts.

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“…8 Its specific mandate and decision-making reach mean that it is the foremost body through which women's rights can be practically advanced across multiple areas of global peace and security intervention. 9 There remain persuasive reasons not to discount the UNSC altogether, but rather to ask how it might better address the tensions that arise from its current approaches. Specifically, analysis is needed of how the UNSC might better recognise, and advance, the participation and protection elements of the WPS agenda in a more integrated fashion.…”

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Aligning Participation and Protection in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Turner¹,

Swaine²

2023

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This article presents the first feminist doctrinal textual analysis of cross-pillar synergies within thematic resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. Specifically, it examines the pillars relating to ‘participation’ and ‘protection’ under the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. In attempts to balance agency with victimhood, normative advancement of both pillars has until recently evolved along parallel tracks, with little acknowledgment of how protection relates to women's participation. This article identifies synergies, gaps and productive tensions as the WPS agenda begins to engage with the inter-relationship between the pillars. It outlines critical implications and considerations for any future moves towards cross-pillar congruence.

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Cedaw and the Security Council: Enhancing Women's Rights in Conflict

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Addressing the Gendered Interests of Victims/Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Their Children Through National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security

Addressing the Gendered Interests of Victims/Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Their Children Through National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security

Gender Concerns Aid in the Understanding of Peace and Conflict

Aligning Participation and Protection in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

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