Review of Latest Research in Women, Peace & Security. Second Quarter 2024, April - September

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October 7, 2024

NEW BOOKS

1. Aiko Holvikivi, Billy Holzberg, Tomás Ojeda (ed.s) (2024) Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attacks, Springer.
First chapter free access https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-54223-7

2. Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Henshaw (ed.s) (2024) Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity: Feminist and Postcolonial Interventions. Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

3. Roxani Krystalli (2024) Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question. Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

4. Sally Anne Corcoran (2024) Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping, Fact or Fiction? COPE Galway

5. Sara E. Davies, Jacqui True (2024) Hidden Wars: Gendered Political Violence in Asia's Civil Conflicts. Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

6. Keeping Peace in Troubled Times (2024) Chapter: War and Peace Through a Feminist Lens: The Need for a Gender-Responsive, Humanitarian Approach for ‘Conflict Resolutions’ and ‘Peace Processes’. See https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-56038-5_7

Feminist Policymaking in Turbulent Times: Critical Perspectives

1. Chapter by Katherine Wright on FFP. See https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=a34IEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA89&dq=women+AND+peace+AND+security&ots=4Qoo8HTd_H&sig=lu3-jarLYQ_psYILMcqmOjTKvhE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=women%20AND%20peace%20AND%20security&f=false

2. Obert Bernard Mlambo, Ezra Chitando  (2024) The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa

3. Rami Goldstein, Nitza Nachmias (2024) Human Rights Interdependence in National and International Politics: Checks and Balances Effect on Global South Politics. See the Chapter on SGV https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003319573/human-rights-interdependence-national-international-politics-rami-goldstein-nitza-nachmias?refId=851c3256-5c9f-49df-a873-155d9404c80b&context=ubx

Australia in World Affairs 2016–2020: A Return to Great-Power Rivalry

1. Chapter 4 'Values, gender and foreign policy' by Jacquie True. See https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=qboJEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA47&dq=women+AND+peace+AND+security&ots=91jw1hC8ax&sig=B62lLl-9wlNReGw5jasVwZy4d1w&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=women%20AND%20peace%20AND%20security&f=false

KEY REPORTS

1. Agau Bul Deng (2024) HIDDEN FIGURES: Women navigating a culture of exclusion in peace and conflict resolution processes. SOUTH SUDAN WOMEN’S RESEARCH NETWORK. See https://riftvalley.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hidden-Figures_v5-pages.pdf

2. Katherin MAnn (2024) Strengthening Responses to Conflist-Related Sexual Violence: TEH Implication of Armed Group Ideologu for Intervention. See https://cdainstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Katherine-Mann-STRENGTHENING-RESPONSES-TO-CONFLICT-RELATED-SEXUAL-VIOLENCE-THE-IMPLICATIONS-OF-ARMED-GROUP-IDEOLOGY-FOR-INTERVENTION.pdf

3. SWED WATCH Policy Brief Inclusion of Women and Peace in National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights (NAP BHR). See https://swedwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nap-brief-f.pdf

4. ODI Policy brief Where next for feminist foreign   policy on humanitarian response? See https://media.odi.org/documents/ODI_Policy_brief_-_FFP_final.pdf

5. CHAPTER 20 DECOLONISING THE EXPERIENCE OF ‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’ (VAW): A GLOBAL SOUTH APPROACH Srimoyee Biswas, Mpho Otlhogile, Piyumi Wattuhewa, and Jasmine Jaghab. See https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piyumi-Wattuhewa-2/publication/381322615_DECOLONISING_THE_EXPERIENCE_OF_'VIOLENCE_AGAINST_WOMEN'_VAW_A_GLOBAL_SOUTH_APPROACH/links/6669735ade777205a325b89b/DECOLONISING-THE-EXPERIENCE-OF-VIOLENCE-AGAINST-WOMEN-VAW-A-GLOBAL-SOUTH-APPROACH.pdf

6. UN Mental Health Strategy for Univformed Personnel. See https://testing.trigynunmhealth.com/sites/default/files/resources/en/mobile_additional/document/annex-v-mental-health-strategy-english_0.pdf

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES

1. Karen Brounéus et al. (2024) Women, peace and insecurity: The risks of peacebuilding in everyday life for women in Sri Lanka and Nepal. See https://riftvalley.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hidden-Figures_v5-pages.pdf

2. María Melina Vinueza Vásquez (2024) Emasculation of War: The Detrimental Effects of Stereotyped International Relations on Women Participation in Conflict Resolution Processes. See https://esthinktank.com/2024/05/30/emasculation-of-war-the-detrimental-effects-of-stereotyped-international-relations-on-women-participation-in-conflict-resolution-processes/

3. Farkhondeh Akbari and Jacqui True (2024) An Opportunity for Renewal? Lessons Learned on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan. See https://theglobalobservatory.org/2024/05/an-opportunity-for-renewal-lessons-learned-on-women-peace-and-security-in-afghanistan/

4. Jenny Lorentzen (23 May 2024): Gendering Security Sector Reform through Capacity Building? The MINUSMA Specialized Police Team on Crime Scene Management, International Peacekeeping,  https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2024.2357133

5. Matthew Hurley et al. (2024) Engaging women, peace, and security in defence: the role of the NATO committee on gender perspectives. See https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2024.2348590

6. Farkhondeh Akbari and Jacqui True (2024) An Opportunity for Renewal? Lessons Learned on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan.


7. Embodied Ecologies and Legal Wars: The Use of Force, Ukraine, Embodied Ecologies and Legal Wars: The Use of Force, Ukraine, and Feminist Perspectives on International Law and Feminist Perspectives on International Law Gina Heathcote. See https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2370&context=lj

8. Maggie Sullivan, Gaps in Our National Security: How the Lack of Female Leadership Impacts Our Nation’s Success and Safety, 72 Clev. St. L. Rev. 725 (2024). See https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol72/iss3/8


9. Reed M. Wood (2024) The Effects of Electoral Violence on Women’s Legislative Representation in Political Research Quarterly. See https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10659129241252373

10. Dr. Paulina Ada Akpa  (2024) ‘The Role Of Women In Conflict Management In Benue State’, in Journal of Gender, Politics & Development Studies. See https://bsum.edu.ng/journals/jogpds/2024/files/6.pdf

11. Payne, L. A., & Stallone, K. (2024). Confessions to intimate violence: FARC testimonies to sexual violations in the Colombian conflict. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 1–27. See https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2024.2355316


12. Shires, Hassib, Swali (2024) Chatham House Research Paper. Gendered hate speech, data breach and state overreach. See https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/05/gendered-hate-speech-data-breach-and-state-overreach?utm_source=Chatham%20House&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14506011_CH%20-%20CH%20Newsletter%20-%2031.05.24&utm_content=Gender-CTA&dm_i=1S3M,8MWWR,923K7P,ZTDUP,1


13. Camila García (2024) Gender perspective in the making: The case of the Colombian peacebuilding process


14. Surfacing Harmful Speech Against Women—Proposals for Gender-Sensitive Fact-Finding and Interpretation in International Criminal Law. See https://brill.com/view/journals/icla/aop/article-10.1163-15718123-bja10191/article-10.1163-15718123-bja10191.xml


15. Duangkamol Achara (March 2024) Analyzing the Gender Diplomacy: Exploring Strategies, Challenges, and Implications in International Relations. See https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://oceanianjournal.com/public/media/24042024035516-Gender-Diplomacy.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&d=1269816759372908287&ei=QO85ZrGsDu2q6rQPwMehqAs&scisig=AFWwaeZZ397olCVvYVn_yFVzTr6L&oi=scholaralrt&hist=Y-VfqLUAAAAJ:16849767513098661538:AFWwaeZuEBKDQIEtRMfnbIeqBrYD&html=&pos=0&folt=kw-top

Alice MacLeod is a PhD student researching intersections between language, gender and security.

Flickr
October 7, 2024

Review of Latest Research in Women, Peace & Security. Second Quarter 2024, April - September

Flickr
October 7, 2024

NEW BOOKS

1. Aiko Holvikivi, Billy Holzberg, Tomás Ojeda (ed.s) (2024) Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attacks, Springer.
First chapter free access https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-54223-7

2. Anwar Mhajne and Alexis Henshaw (ed.s) (2024) Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity: Feminist and Postcolonial Interventions. Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

3. Roxani Krystalli (2024) Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question. Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

4. Sally Anne Corcoran (2024) Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping, Fact or Fiction? COPE Galway

5. Sara E. Davies, Jacqui True (2024) Hidden Wars: Gendered Political Violence in Asia's Civil Conflicts. Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations

6. Keeping Peace in Troubled Times (2024) Chapter: War and Peace Through a Feminist Lens: The Need for a Gender-Responsive, Humanitarian Approach for ‘Conflict Resolutions’ and ‘Peace Processes’. See https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-56038-5_7

Feminist Policymaking in Turbulent Times: Critical Perspectives

1. Chapter by Katherine Wright on FFP. See https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=a34IEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA89&dq=women+AND+peace+AND+security&ots=4Qoo8HTd_H&sig=lu3-jarLYQ_psYILMcqmOjTKvhE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=women%20AND%20peace%20AND%20security&f=false

2. Obert Bernard Mlambo, Ezra Chitando  (2024) The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa

3. Rami Goldstein, Nitza Nachmias (2024) Human Rights Interdependence in National and International Politics: Checks and Balances Effect on Global South Politics. See the Chapter on SGV https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003319573/human-rights-interdependence-national-international-politics-rami-goldstein-nitza-nachmias?refId=851c3256-5c9f-49df-a873-155d9404c80b&context=ubx

Australia in World Affairs 2016–2020: A Return to Great-Power Rivalry

1. Chapter 4 'Values, gender and foreign policy' by Jacquie True. See https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=qboJEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA47&dq=women+AND+peace+AND+security&ots=91jw1hC8ax&sig=B62lLl-9wlNReGw5jasVwZy4d1w&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=women%20AND%20peace%20AND%20security&f=false

KEY REPORTS

1. Agau Bul Deng (2024) HIDDEN FIGURES: Women navigating a culture of exclusion in peace and conflict resolution processes. SOUTH SUDAN WOMEN’S RESEARCH NETWORK. See https://riftvalley.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hidden-Figures_v5-pages.pdf

2. Katherin MAnn (2024) Strengthening Responses to Conflist-Related Sexual Violence: TEH Implication of Armed Group Ideologu for Intervention. See https://cdainstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Katherine-Mann-STRENGTHENING-RESPONSES-TO-CONFLICT-RELATED-SEXUAL-VIOLENCE-THE-IMPLICATIONS-OF-ARMED-GROUP-IDEOLOGY-FOR-INTERVENTION.pdf

3. SWED WATCH Policy Brief Inclusion of Women and Peace in National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights (NAP BHR). See https://swedwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nap-brief-f.pdf

4. ODI Policy brief Where next for feminist foreign   policy on humanitarian response? See https://media.odi.org/documents/ODI_Policy_brief_-_FFP_final.pdf

5. CHAPTER 20 DECOLONISING THE EXPERIENCE OF ‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’ (VAW): A GLOBAL SOUTH APPROACH Srimoyee Biswas, Mpho Otlhogile, Piyumi Wattuhewa, and Jasmine Jaghab. See https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piyumi-Wattuhewa-2/publication/381322615_DECOLONISING_THE_EXPERIENCE_OF_'VIOLENCE_AGAINST_WOMEN'_VAW_A_GLOBAL_SOUTH_APPROACH/links/6669735ade777205a325b89b/DECOLONISING-THE-EXPERIENCE-OF-VIOLENCE-AGAINST-WOMEN-VAW-A-GLOBAL-SOUTH-APPROACH.pdf

6. UN Mental Health Strategy for Univformed Personnel. See https://testing.trigynunmhealth.com/sites/default/files/resources/en/mobile_additional/document/annex-v-mental-health-strategy-english_0.pdf

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES

1. Karen Brounéus et al. (2024) Women, peace and insecurity: The risks of peacebuilding in everyday life for women in Sri Lanka and Nepal. See https://riftvalley.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hidden-Figures_v5-pages.pdf

2. María Melina Vinueza Vásquez (2024) Emasculation of War: The Detrimental Effects of Stereotyped International Relations on Women Participation in Conflict Resolution Processes. See https://esthinktank.com/2024/05/30/emasculation-of-war-the-detrimental-effects-of-stereotyped-international-relations-on-women-participation-in-conflict-resolution-processes/

3. Farkhondeh Akbari and Jacqui True (2024) An Opportunity for Renewal? Lessons Learned on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan. See https://theglobalobservatory.org/2024/05/an-opportunity-for-renewal-lessons-learned-on-women-peace-and-security-in-afghanistan/

4. Jenny Lorentzen (23 May 2024): Gendering Security Sector Reform through Capacity Building? The MINUSMA Specialized Police Team on Crime Scene Management, International Peacekeeping,  https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2024.2357133

5. Matthew Hurley et al. (2024) Engaging women, peace, and security in defence: the role of the NATO committee on gender perspectives. See https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2024.2348590

6. Farkhondeh Akbari and Jacqui True (2024) An Opportunity for Renewal? Lessons Learned on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan.


7. Embodied Ecologies and Legal Wars: The Use of Force, Ukraine, Embodied Ecologies and Legal Wars: The Use of Force, Ukraine, and Feminist Perspectives on International Law and Feminist Perspectives on International Law Gina Heathcote. See https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2370&context=lj

8. Maggie Sullivan, Gaps in Our National Security: How the Lack of Female Leadership Impacts Our Nation’s Success and Safety, 72 Clev. St. L. Rev. 725 (2024). See https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol72/iss3/8


9. Reed M. Wood (2024) The Effects of Electoral Violence on Women’s Legislative Representation in Political Research Quarterly. See https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10659129241252373

10. Dr. Paulina Ada Akpa  (2024) ‘The Role Of Women In Conflict Management In Benue State’, in Journal of Gender, Politics & Development Studies. See https://bsum.edu.ng/journals/jogpds/2024/files/6.pdf

11. Payne, L. A., & Stallone, K. (2024). Confessions to intimate violence: FARC testimonies to sexual violations in the Colombian conflict. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 1–27. See https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2024.2355316


12. Shires, Hassib, Swali (2024) Chatham House Research Paper. Gendered hate speech, data breach and state overreach. See https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/05/gendered-hate-speech-data-breach-and-state-overreach?utm_source=Chatham%20House&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14506011_CH%20-%20CH%20Newsletter%20-%2031.05.24&utm_content=Gender-CTA&dm_i=1S3M,8MWWR,923K7P,ZTDUP,1


13. Camila García (2024) Gender perspective in the making: The case of the Colombian peacebuilding process


14. Surfacing Harmful Speech Against Women—Proposals for Gender-Sensitive Fact-Finding and Interpretation in International Criminal Law. See https://brill.com/view/journals/icla/aop/article-10.1163-15718123-bja10191/article-10.1163-15718123-bja10191.xml


15. Duangkamol Achara (March 2024) Analyzing the Gender Diplomacy: Exploring Strategies, Challenges, and Implications in International Relations. See https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://oceanianjournal.com/public/media/24042024035516-Gender-Diplomacy.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&d=1269816759372908287&ei=QO85ZrGsDu2q6rQPwMehqAs&scisig=AFWwaeZZ397olCVvYVn_yFVzTr6L&oi=scholaralrt&hist=Y-VfqLUAAAAJ:16849767513098661538:AFWwaeZuEBKDQIEtRMfnbIeqBrYD&html=&pos=0&folt=kw-top

Alice MacLeod is a PhD student researching intersections between language, gender and security.

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