Samoa holds WPS summit On 22 and 23 August, New Zealand’s defence ministry and Samoa’s foreign affairs ministry co-hosted a summit on women, peace and security in Apia. Military and police personnel, government officials, academics …
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The challenge of how to increase female participation in peacekeeping forces is currently under the international spotlight, as reflected in recent debates in the UN Security Council and in the EU. Deploying more women in …
WPS on the agenda at the United Nations Women, peace and security was in focus at the United Nations in January, with a number of high-profile events and new developments. The UN Security Council held …
‘New authoritarians’ undermine women’s rights The Atlantic has examined how leaders including US President Donald Trump, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte have manipulated the role and position of women in society …
What’s so important about WPS? The fact that women make up at least half the population should be reason enough to include them in peace and security processes, but the ‘emphasis on women’ continues to …