A Critical Assessment of the Women-Peace-Security Agenda

Abstract

In 2000 the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) seemed to pave the way to a Copernican revolution in the sector of security. After 24 years, the WPS Agenda has had mixed effects. On the one hand, it has furthered the active participation of women in security-related activities, introducing new indicators to develop gender-sensitive analyses of conflict, post-conflict and post-revolution contexts, as well as addressing the challenges of women’s inclusion and equal opportunities in the armed forces and especially in peacekeeping operations. On the other hand, aporias remain in the WPS conceptual framework and the implementation of the programme has proved problematic, generating resistance in conflict scenarios, national armed forces and the international community more generally.

Speaker

Elisa Piras - Center for Advanced Studies - Eurac Research

Bio

Elisa Piras is Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research. She studied political science, international relations and political philosophy in Bologna, Florence and Pisa. After obtaining a PhD in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability, she held research and teaching positions at the University of Bologna and at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. Her research interests include: issues of social and global justice, history of political thought and contemporary political philosophy, political liberalism, multiculturalism, identity theories, public opinion and disinformation, gender studies and affirmative policies, discriminatory and gender-based violence.