2019
DOI: 10.1177/0020702019874791
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Smart peacekeeping: Deploying Canadian women for a better peace?

Abstract: Canada announced its renewed commitment to United Nations peacekeeping with a special mission to increase the representation of women through the Elsie Initiative. That announcement marks a crucial time to examine peacekeeping as a gendered project that requires reflection on power and inequality between states and peacekeepers through an intersectional analysis that pays attention to gender and race. The major justification for increasing the number of women in peacekeeping operations has remained instrumenta… Show more

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“…Moreover, the addition of women has often followed utilitarian concerns, understood as a way to increase operational effectiveness (Wright 2016). Yet, these 'smart peacekeeping strategies' continue to rely on gender stereotyping and to maintain gender hierarchies (Biskupski-Mujanovic 2019).…”
Section: The Gradual Convergence Of the Wps And Resilience Agendas: T...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, the addition of women has often followed utilitarian concerns, understood as a way to increase operational effectiveness (Wright 2016). Yet, these 'smart peacekeeping strategies' continue to rely on gender stereotyping and to maintain gender hierarchies (Biskupski-Mujanovic 2019).…”
Section: The Gradual Convergence Of the Wps And Resilience Agendas: T...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…analyzes that Canada has announced its latest commitment to peacekeeping at the United Nations with a special mission aimed at increasing women's representation through the Elsie Initiative. Canadian peacekeeping and also its argument for increasing women's representation in peace operations which will increase women's representation in peace operations to increase operational effectiveness as a strategy in "smart" peacekeeping (Sandra Biskupski, 2019).…”
Section: Rany Purnama Hadi and Sartika Soesilowati Through Their Writ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…20 However, current knowledge about the effect of approaching gender parity in peacekeeping missions is largely based on anecdotal evidence, 21 with some exceptions, 22 and essentialized conceptions of gender that see women as naturally more peaceful, cooperative, approachable, and so on. 23 Regardless of the effect of increased participation of women in peacekeeping, it is important to advocate for from a rights-based perspective, as women should have the equal right, both de facto and de jure, to serve in the security sector and on peacekeeping missions. 24 Given the currently low proportion of women in peacekeeping missions, in the security sector more generally, and the resistance from some to deploying more women in all roles, it is important to understand how gender matters in the conduct of peacekeeping in order to deploy women where they can be most effective and to strategically argue for their increased participation.…”
Section: Gender and Peacekeepingmentioning
confidence: 99%