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The UN Security Council and the Political Economy of the WPS Resolutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

Soumita Basu
Soumita Basu*
Affiliation:
South Asian University
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As of June 2017, there were eight United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) on “women and peace and security”—UNSCRs 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122, and 2242. These UNSCRs recognize the gendered nature of armed conflicts and peace processes. They propose institutional provisions geared mainly toward protecting women and girls during armed conflicts and promoting their participation in conflict resolution and prevention. In addition, in March 2016, the Security Council adopted UNSCR 2272, which recommends concrete steps to combat sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, an issue that is of significant concern for women, peace, and security (WPS) advocates. The volume of resolutions and policy literature on WPS would suggest that UNSCR 1325 and the follow-up UNSCRs have become central to the mandate of the Security Council. Yet there is a paucity of financial resources to pay for implementation of the resolutions; this has been described as “perhaps the most serious and persistent obstacle … over the past 15 years” (UN Women 2015, 372).

Type
Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
Information
Politics & Gender , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 721 - 727
Copyright
Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2017 

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