‘It is important, but…’: translating the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda into the planning of EU peacekeeping missions

Deiana, Maria-Adriana; McDonagh, Kenneth

doi:10.1080/21647259.2017.1303870

“…One key site where the EU has engaged with gender in the external sphere is through the global Women, Peace and Security agenda encapsulated in UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the eight follow-up resolutions (Ansorg and Haastrup, 2018; Davis, 2018; Deiana and McDonagh, 2017, 2018; Guerrina et al, 2018a; Guerrina and Wright, 2016; Muehlenhoff, 2017). If the Women, Peace and Security agenda calls for better representation of women in peace and security, then this should be integrated into digital diplomacy strategies deployed by the EEAS to mark EU60 and International Women’s Day.…”

Section: Gendering Normative Power Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Imagining the European Union: Gender and Digital Diplomacy in European External Relations

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Political Studies Review

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The European Union has historically sought to project outwards its identity, values and raison d’être during times of uncertainty and crisis. One of the core values stated to be at the heart of the European Union’s identity is gender equality. Yet, while gender equality features more visibly in the European Union’s external discourse as it seeks to position itself as a global leader in equality and human rights, the internal challenge posed by crisis presents a real obstacle to future developments in this area. This article examines digital diplomacy, specifically Twitter presence, as a discursive site for constituting meaning. We thus take the digital space afforded by Twitter as a site where the European Union’s internal and external identity is constructed in a process of articulation and contestation. Digital diplomacy is now a salient part of public diplomacy, increasingly prioritised over ‘traditional’ approaches. Using data gathered from Twitter on the European Union’s 60th anniversary and International Women’s Day in 2017, this article provides the first in-depth study of the European Union’s approach to digital diplomacy. We find the marginalisation of gender issues from the European Union’s core narratives bringing into question the place of gender equality as a core value of the European Union.

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“…Of the ten most-cited pieces on WPS in our survey, it is not surprising that most focus primarily on the politics of the United Nations Security Council (Shepherd, 2008;Tryggestad, 2009;Bell and O'Rourke, 2010;Puechguirbal, 2010;Willett, 2010;Gibbings, 2011;Pratt and Richter-Devroe, 2011;Shepherd, 2011) with only two emphasizing the circulation of UNSCR 1325 beyond the UN (El-Bushra, 2007;McLeod, 2011). Significant fractions of the literature address issues of wartime sexual violence (for example, Simic, 2010; Aroussi, 2017; Reilly, 2018); women's inclusion in peacekeeping (for example, Henry, 2012;Karim, 2017;Deiana and McDonagh, 2018) or WPS as grounds for humanitarian intervention (for example, Dharmapuri, 2013;Davies et al, 2015), with contestations within the UN system fundamental in each instance. Following the growth in national strategies, scholars put questions of implementation -and suggestions for improvements -to the fore (for example, Diop, 2011;Lee-Koo, 2014;True, 2016;Swaine, 2017).…”

Section: Map and Territorymentioning

confidence: 99%

New Directions in Women, Peace and Security

2020

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“…Of the ten most-cited pieces on WPS in our survey, it is not surprising that most focus primarily on the politics of the United Nations Security Council (Shepherd, 2008;Tryggestad, 2009;Bell and O'Rourke, 2010;Puechguirbal, 2010;Willett, 2010;Gibbings, 2011;Pratt and Richter-Devroe, 2011;Shepherd, 2011) with only two emphasizing the circulation of UNSCR 1325 beyond the UN (El-Bushra, 2007;McLeod, 2011). Significant fractions of the literature address issues of wartime sexual violence (for example, Simic, 2010; Aroussi, 2017; Reilly, 2018); women's inclusion in peacekeeping (for example, Henry, 2012;Karim, 2017;Deiana and McDonagh, 2018) or WPS as grounds for humanitarian intervention (for example, Dharmapuri, 2013;Davies et al, 2015), with contestations within the UN system fundamental in each instance. Following the growth in national strategies, scholars put questions of implementation -and suggestions for improvements -to the fore (for example, Diop, 2011;Lee-Koo, 2014;True, 2016;Swaine, 2017).…”

Section: Map and Territorymentioning

confidence: 99%

New Directions in Women, Peace and Security

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What does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security? At the turn of the 21st century, feminist advocates persuaded the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that drew attention to this question at the highest levels of international policy. Today the Women, Peace and Security agenda is a complex field, relevant to every conceivable dimension of war and peace. This groundbreaking edited book engages vexed and vexing questions about the future of the agenda, from the legacies of coloniality to the prospects of international law, and from the implications of global arms trade to the impact of climate change. The collection balances analysis of emerging trends with specially-commissioned reflections from those at the forefront of policy and practice.

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‘It is important, but…’: translating the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda into the planning of EU peacekeeping missions

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Imagining the European Union: Gender and Digital Diplomacy in European External Relations

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