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Kvinnor, fred och säkerhet i Mellanöstern och Nordafrika

Aggestam, Karin LU orcid and Eitrem Holmgren, Linda LU orcid (2023) In Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift 125(2). p.401-422
Abstract
This article analyses how UN Security Council resolution 1325 and the Women, Peace, Security (WPS) agenda have been adopted in the Middle East and North Africa. The region faces huge security challenges triggered by recurrent armed conflicts, terrorism and wars both between and within states. Four thematic areas have been chosen: (1) terrorism; (2) peace negotiations; (3) state-building; and (4) democratization. The article uses empirical vignettes from Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Tunisia to assess the normative framework of the WPS agenda and its National Action Plans. The article concludes by highlighting some of the core problems of implementation, such as the persistence of patriarchal societal values, institutionalized... (More)
This article analyses how UN Security Council resolution 1325 and the Women, Peace, Security (WPS) agenda have been adopted in the Middle East and North Africa. The region faces huge security challenges triggered by recurrent armed conflicts, terrorism and wars both between and within states. Four thematic areas have been chosen: (1) terrorism; (2) peace negotiations; (3) state-building; and (4) democratization. The article uses empirical vignettes from Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Tunisia to assess the normative framework of the WPS agenda and its National Action Plans. The article concludes by highlighting some of the core problems of implementation, such as the persistence of patriarchal societal values, institutionalized hypermasculinity in and among armed groups, and the number of unresolved conflicts in the region. It also underlines the problem of instrumentalizing the WPS agenda and the strategic essentialization of women in peacekeeping, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction. (Less)
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Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa
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published
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keywords
gender, women, Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Middle East, North Africa, terrorism, Peace negotiations, state building, Democratization, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia
in
Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift
volume
125
issue
2
pages
22 pages
publisher
Fahlbeckska stiftelsen
ISSN
0039-0747
project
Gendering Peacemaking in the Middle East
language
Swedish
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yes
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c6ba1a3b-17a9-43a9-9738-4be6eb3e2333
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https://journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/view/25239/22259
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2023-06-09 13:18:21
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  title        = {{Kvinnor, fred och säkerhet i Mellanöstern och Nordafrika}},
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