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How state-centric and masculine-dominated is the #womenpeacesecurity agenda? Why the “add women and stir” formula is a success and why are we failing to see #gender mainstreaming cannot work in structures that thrive on unequal power relations?

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Recommended links to this episode:

• UN WOMEN Facts and figures: Women, peace, and security https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/peace-and-security/facts-and-figures#_Toc54253571
• WPS THE RESOLUTIONS http://www.peacewomen.org/why-WPS/solutions/resolutions
• How Often Does the UN Security Council Use a Gender Lens? Not Often Enough https://www.e-ir.info/2019/11/06/how-often-does-the-un-security-council-use-a-gender-lens-not-often-enough/
• Sexual Torture of Men in Croatia and Other Conflict Situations: An Open Secret https://www.kit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/636_Sexual_Torture_of_Men_in_Croatia_and_Other_Conflict_Situations.pdf
• How Feminist is the United Nation's Women, Peace, and Security Agenda?https://reimaginingpeacejustice.com/how-feminist-is-the-united-nations-women-peace-and-security-agenda/
• Sustaining Feminist Curiosity for the Future of Women, Peace, and Security: Q&A with Cynthia Enloe https://theglobalobservatory.org/2020/10/sustaining-feminist-curiosity-for-future-of-wps-qa-with-cynthia-enloe/
• Beyond the “Women, Peace and Security” Agenda: Why We Need a Feminist Roadmap for Sustainable Peace https://genderandsecurity.org/sites/default/files/Cohn_-_Beyond_the_Women_Peace_and_Security_Agenda_Why_We_Need_a_Feminist_Roadmap_for_Sustainable_Peace.pdf
• A Tale of Two Feminisms in International Relations? Feminist Political Economy and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-gender/article/abs/tale-of-two-feminisms-in-international-relations-feminist-political-economy-and-the-women-peace-and-security-agenda/2AE46E3947380F6B8D9260325EE6E29B
• Three reasons why an intersectional approach to women’s peace and security agenda is importanthttps://reliefweb.int/report/world/three-reasons-why-intersectional-approach-women-s-peace-and-security-agenda-important
• Does Gender Shape the War System and Vice Versa? https://www.e-ir.info/2014/11/16/does-gender-shape-the-war-system-and-vice-versa/
• Sex and World Peace http://cup.columbia.edu/book/sex-and-world-peace/9780231131827