October 14th, 2022 | In this article, Miriam Anderson and Marc Y. Valade find that women’s civil society built social networks reliant on cross-ethnic collaboration and the support of international actors during the peace negotiations. With the aid of those networks, they successfully entered formal politics and passed pro-women legislation, where they developed cross-party alliances and maintained close relationships with civil society, increasing their effectiveness in parliament.
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Published on: 14 Oct 2022
August 17th, 2022 | In this article, Dr. Maria Martin de Almagro and Dr. Pol Bargués identify that resilience has often been reduced to an egalitarian project—where mechanical policies and schemes are deployed to ameliorate the conditions of women, enhance their participation in decision-making and pursue the equality between women and men—to advance in sustaining peace.
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Published on: 17 Aug 2022
Le 11 août 2022 | Cet essai de Bénédicte Santoire interroge, après une revue littéraire de trois grands ouvrages portant sur l'agenda Femmes, Paix, et Sécurité, l'applicabilité de cet agenda en adoptant un point de vue constructiviste et féministe critique, relève les diverses interprétations qui lui sont appliquées, et met en exergue les critiques et les défis à venir pour la prochaine décennie.
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Published on: 11 Aug 2022
August 10th, 2022 | In this article, Luna KC and Crystal Whetstone analyze the effects of COVID-19 on women and girls. It examines policy responses to the pandemic crisis and its implications on the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda in postwar Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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Published on: 10 Aug 2022
August 1st, 2022 | In this article, Luna KC and Crystal Whetstone examine the localization of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (hereafter 1325) on women, peace, and security (WPS) and its successor resolutions, which call for equal participation of women in conflict resolution, peace negotiations, and post-conflict development.
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Published on: 1 Aug 2022
September 23, 2021 | What does a feminist foreign policy entail within the Canadian context, and how do we ensure that it observes a gender based analytical approach? This policy report proposes concrete recommendations toward this goal, it also encourages foreign and defence actors to reflect on fundamental gender equality principles and considerations that get lost in the face of results-oriented policy approaches aimed for the short term.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2021
August, 2021 | Co-written by our postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Luna K.C., this paper uses a critical and intersectional feminist lens to uncover the roots of the alt-right movement in Canada and how it continues to function and proliferate. Read on to understand how these forces operate in a Canadian context and how its inherent racism and misogyny can be countered.Â
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Published on: 16 Sep 2021
