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Whither Women and Peace and Security?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2025

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Valerie M. Hudson*
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Department of International Affairs, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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UNSCR 1325, which in 2000 formally announced the international Women and Peace and Security (WPS) agenda for action, enjoins a battle that can never end, one in which women will always find themselves on the back foot—but one which remains worth fighting. It is the battle to make the ear of man listen to what women know about security and about peace that men might not. It is also the battle to understand that there will be no peace within and between nations until and unless there is peace between men and women. In this essay, penned in May 2025, I reflect on the current situation of the WPS agenda, with an emphasis on the United States, and what the future of that agenda may be.

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Politics & Gender , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 2025 , pp. 726 - 731
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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