Women, Peace, and Security: Feminist Perspectives on International Security

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Greater participation by women in peace negotiations, policy-making, and legal decision-making would have a lasting impact on conflict resolution, development, and the maintenance of peace in post-conflict zones. Women, Peace, and Security lays the groundwork for this enhanced participation, drawing from insightful research by women scholars and applying a feminist lens to contemporary security issues. This timely collection of essays promotes the adoption of a feminist framework for international security issues and presents the voices of some of the most inspiring thinkers in feminist international relations in Canada. Women, Peace, and Security provides insightful recommendations to researchers conducting fieldwork, as well as methodological insights on how to develop feminist research design in international relations and how to adopt feminist ethical considerations. Contributions include gender-based analyses of the challenges faced by the Canadian military and by families of serving members. From Canada's Famous Five to the women's marches of 2017, lessons are drawn to inform new generations of women activists, concluding with a clarion call for greater allyship with Indigenous women and girls to support decolonization efforts in Canada. Offering a unique range of perspectives, narratives, and contributions to international relations and international law, this volume brings women's voices to the forefront of vital conversations about fundamental peace and security challenges. Cover Women, Peace, and Security Title Copyright Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Bringing Feminist Perspectives to the Forefront of International Security Studies PART ONE Feminist Approaches to Global Politics 2 “This Is the Young Woman Who Wants to Ask Questions”: Navigating Gender-Race-Age Dynamics in Field Research 3 Soft Power as Metaphor: The Gender of Security 4 Finding a Community in Feminist International Relations Methodology PART TWO Applying a Gendered Lens to the Canadian Military 5 Against Their Will: Changing the Culture of Gender and Gendered Violence in the Canadian Armed Forces 6 Spousal Employment: Tradition, Progress, and Gender in the Canadian Military Family PART THREE Feminist Activism and Tools for Empowering Women 7 Women’s Marches: How the Conservative Movement Mobilized American Feminism from El Paso to Montreal 8 Lessons from Canada’s Famous Five for Today’s World Changers 9 Reclaiming Our Rightful Place: Indigenous Women and Decolonization 10 Conclusion Contributors Index