Ideology and UN Responsiveness to Sexual Violence

Sarwari, Mehwish

doi:10.1080/17502977.2019.1649010

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“…At the same time, responses may also differ based on observer countries’ regime types, gender equality, or wider political views. For example, Sarwari (2020) suggests that leftist governments respond more strongly to conflict-related sexual violence. Relatedly, the degree of response may also vary as a function of the interaction between female combatants and conflict characteristics, which provides a rich field to explore.…”

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“…For instance, recent studies consider how conflict-related sexual violence affects mandate language (Kreft, 2017), to what extent peacekeeping forces can decrease combatants’ use of such violence (Johansson and Hultman, 2019), and under what circumstances peacekeepers themselves are prone to engage in sexual misconduct (Beber et al, 2017; Horne et al, 2020; Karim and Beardsley, 2016). In addition, existing scholarship argues that the occurrence of gender-based violence raises the probability of the UN deploying a peacekeeping mission to the conflict, as well as increasing individual member countries’ troop contributions (Benson and Gizelis, 2020; Hultman and Johansson, 2017; Sarwari, 2020).…”

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Female rebels and United Nations peacekeeping deployments

Mehrl¹,

Dworschak²

2021

Cooperation and Conflict

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How does the presence of female rebel combatants during conflict influence the likelihood of United Nations post-conflict peacekeeping deployment? While past literature on peacekeeping emphasizes the role of conflict attributes and security council interests, only few studies investigate the importance of belligerent characteristics. We argue that, because dominant gender stereotypes paint women as peaceful, female rebel combatants lead domestic and international audiences to perceive conflicts in which they fight as more severe. Given that recent UN resolutions and mission mandates align with these stereotypes, this in turn, causes the UN to intervene and deploy peacekeepers. Multivariate regression models drawing on a global sample of UN post-conflict missions provide empirical support for our hypothesis. Our findings add to the growing body of literature emphasizing the role of women in combat roles, and contribute to the discussion on the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security agenda.

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