This special issue brings together articles that examine how the localisation and implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda occurs in policy and practice. In this introduction, we examine the increasing importance of the Women, Peace and Security policy framework in global politics and the inevitable tensions that surround calls for greater local-level institutional implementation. Drawing on findings from the United Nations 2015 Global Study on Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, we consider the evolving nature of Women, Peace and Security policy and advocacy. We look at what is required to develop policy provisions on this agenda which are considered locally meaningful and ‘useful’ in distinct policy contexts.
AroussiSahla (2011) Women, Peace and Security: Addressing accountability in wartime sexual violence. International Journal of Feminist Politics13(4): 576–593.
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BarrowAmy (2009) ‘[It’s] like a rubber-band’. Assessing UNSCR 1325 as a gender mainstreaming process. International Journal of Law in Context5(1): 51–68.
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CharlesworthHilary (2008) Are Women Peaceful? Reflections on the role of women in peace-building. Feminist Legal Studies16(3): 347–361.
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ChinkinChristineCharlesworthHilary (2006) Building Women into Peace: The international legal framework. Third World Quarterly27(5): 937–957.
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CohnCarol (ed.) (2013) Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures. Cambridge: Polity Press.
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CohnCarolJacobsonRuth (2013) Women and political activism in the face of war and militarism. In CohnCarol (ed.) Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures. Cambridge: Polity Press, 102–123.
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CohnCarolKinsellaHelenGibbingsSheri (2004) Women, Peace and Security. International Journal of Feminist Politics6(1): 130–140.
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CookSam (2009) Security Council Resolution 1820: On militarism, flashlights, raincoats and rooms without doors – a political perspective on where it came from and what it adds. Emory International Law Review23: 125–39.
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CoomaraswamyRadhika (2015) Preventing Conflict, Transforming Justice, Securing the Peace: A Global Study on the Implementation of UNSCR 1325. New York: UN Women.
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KaramAzza (2001) Women in War and Peace-Building: The roads traversed, the challenges ahead. International Feminist Journal of Politics3(1): 2–25.
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HudsonValerieBallif-SpanvillBonnieCaprioliMaryEmmettChad (2012) Sex and World Peace. New York: Columbia University Press.
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HudsonValerie M.CaprioliMaryBallif-SpanvillBonnieMcDermottRoseEmmettChad F. (2009) The Heart of the Matter: The security of women and the security of states. International Security33(3): 7–45.
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McLeodLaura (2011) Configurations of Post-conflict: Impacts of representations of conflict and post-conflict upon the (political) translations of gender security within UNSCR 1325. International Feminist Journal of Politics13(4): 594–611.
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NewmanEdwardParisRolandRichmondOliver P. (eds) (2009) New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.
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PrattNicoleRichter-DevroeSophie (2011) Critically Examining UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Introduction to Special Issue on UNSCR 1325. International Feminist Journal of Politics13(4): 489–503.
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PuechguirbalNadine (2010) Discourses on Gender, Patriarchy and Resolution 1325: A textual analysis of UN documents. International Peacekeeping17(2): 172–187.
ShepherdLaura (2006) Veiled References: Constructions of gender in the Bush administration discourse on the attacks on Afghanistan post 9/11. International Feminist Journal of Politics8(1): 19–41.
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ShepherdLaura (2008) Power and Authority in the Production of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. International Studies Quarterly52(2): 383–404.
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ShepherdLaura (2011) Sex, Security and Superhero(in)es: From 1325 to 1820 and beyond. International Feminist Journal of Politics13(4): 504–521.
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ShepherdLauraTrueJacqui (2014) Australia on the United Nations Security Council: Progressing the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Introduction to Special Issue on UNSCR 1325. Australian Journal of International Affairs68(3): 53–56.
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SjobergLauraGentryCaron E. (2007) Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women’s Violence in Global Politics. London and New York: Zed Books.
SwaineAisling (2009) Assessing the Potential of National Action Plans for Advancing the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law12December: 403–433.
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TryggestadTorrun L. (2009) ‘Trick or Treat?’ The United Nations and implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Global Governance15(4): 539–557.
WillettSusan (ed.) (2010) Security Council Resolution 1325: Assessing the impact on Women, Peace and Security. Introduction to Special Issue on UNSCR 1325. International Peacekeeping, 17(2): 142–158.
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