Women Peace and Security: Adrift in Policy and Practice

This comment reflects on how the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has been translated into policy and put into practice by the European Union and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although the WPS agenda has enabled many gains by women peacebuilders, this comment identifies important challenge...

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Published in:Feminist legal studies 2019-04, Vol.27 (1), p.95-107
Main Author: Davis, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agenda
Commentary
Feminism
Gender
Gender Studies
Heteronormativity
Human Rights
Law
Law and Criminology
Peace
Political economy
Political Theory
Power
Power structure
Public International Law
Security
Women
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Summary:This comment reflects on how the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has been translated into policy and put into practice by the European Union and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although the WPS agenda has enabled many gains by women peacebuilders, this comment identifies important challenges from these two very different contexts. First, situating WPS policy areas within a broader feminist political economy analysis demonstrates how little influence the WPS agenda has across government. Second, the WPS agenda is being (mis)used to promote heteronormative, patriarchal understanding of ‘gender’, stripped of any power dynamics and excluding any gender identities that do not conform. The result, then, is that WPS policies and practice are adrift in the patriarchal policy mainstream.
ISSN:0966-3622
1572-8455
DOI:10.1007/s10691-018-9381-4