Women and International Peacekeeping

Download or read book Women and International Peacekeeping written by Louise Olsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with women's participation in international peacekeeping operations and what those operations might consider to be the role and circumstances of women, including those of the host society. Essays include: a theoretical perspective on women and war, highlighting the difference between post-modernist and universalist approaches to women's roles in peacemaking and conflict resolution, the role of women in military operations, the implications of the high levels of sexual violence in peacekeeping operations and the UN's gender policy for peacekeeping operations.