Gender, Peace and Security

This course will examine the gendered political economies of peacebuilding and armed conflict. A variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the relationships between gender, armed conflict and peacebuilding will be employed, with an eye toward assessing the strengths and limitations of each.The relationship between gender and war has historically been seen as so obvious (men wage war, and women weep) that it has largely been ignored by scholars and politicians who think about war. But nothing could be further from the truth, and over the last twenty-five years, the roles of men and women in war- making and peace-making have increasingly become matters for research, knowledge building and policy. Issues likely to be covered: What is gender? Gender's role as causing and perpetuating war Militarised masculinities in state and non-state armed groups Gender, the arms trade and nuclear weapons Sexual violence in war Migration and displacement Gendered war economies Gender in peace processes Building peace economies that work for women Transitional Justice Demobilisation, Disarmament, Reintegration UN peacekeeping and sexual exploitation   Credit Level: 20 Year taken: Year 3 Undergraduate