/rnwps/taxonomy/term/81/all en /rnwps/article/media/highlighting-our-members-research A series of postcards highlighting research conducted by members of Research Network on Women, Peace and Security. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:48:48 +0000 RNWPS 770 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/i-am-garden-flourishes-and-grows-women-disabilities-conflict-and-post-conflict-settings <p>For two weeks in May 2023, Masters of Public Policy and Global Affairs student Liliane Umuhoza and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Associate Professor Erin Baines at the University of British Columbia joined a Ugandan research team led by human rights advocate Dorcus Atyeno and law students Alice Lakwech and Fatuma Abiya to carry out research on the impact of war and displacement on women with disabilities in post-conflict northern Uganda.</p> Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:24:47 +0000 Erin Baines 769 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/grassroots-womens-activism-women-peace-and-security <p>What is Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) rooted in to you? For some members of the Research Network on WPS, the answer lies within the question itself: the root of WPS is grassroots activism.</p> <p> </p> Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:27:05 +0000 Nancy Skorobohach 768 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/hawkish-feminism-germanys-foreign-policy-entanglement <p>In an effort to inspire members of the European Council, Germany’s Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYq6HJumuGY">expressed</a> the need to “stand up and fight for” the “soul of Europe.” The minister’s appeal reflects Germany’s newfound commitment to expand and upgrade their military capabilities in a manner unseen since World War II. However, Baerbock has also vowed to reshape the way her country carries out diplomacy by introducing a Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP).</p> Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:45:54 +0000 Pablo Sevilla 767 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/rethinking-military-training-perspectives-field <p>It comes as no surprise that the pervasiveness of the masculinized military culture remains one of the most entrenched and challenging discriminatory barriers affecting the meaningful participation of women in service today. The vigor of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has produced multiple initiatives and interventions intending to transform the rigidity and adherence to tradition which is present within military institutions globally.</p> Wed, 03 May 2023 19:10:02 +0000 Jasmine Mastracci and Delali Ofori 762 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/does-reimagining-wps-mean-reimagining-pedagogy <p>The Research Network on Women, Peace and Security’s inaugural year – the “<a href="/rnwps/events/past-events">year of learning</a>” – prompted members to reflect deeply on the origins of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and has been applied, mobilized and adapted since its inception. As graduate students in the Network, we emerged with a deepened appreciation for the collective memory of the WPS Agenda.</p> Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:32:54 +0000 Samantha El-Ghazal, Nicole Johnston, Jasmine Mastracci, Delali Oforiwa, Panthea Pourmalek 759 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/le-feminisme-en-politique-etrangere-un-spectacle-symbolique <p>« Ce n’est pas d’un cerveau féminin qu’est sortie la bombe atomique », chante Renaud en 1985 en reprenant le cliché des femmes naturellement pacifiques et pacifistes. Stéréotype des années 80 certes, mais se retrouvant également au sein même de l’action étrangère de certains États aujourd’hui. Selon un récent <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/Brief-Feminist-foreign-policies-en_0.pdf">rapport de ONU-Femmes</a>, près d’une dizaine de pays autour du monde ont adopté un type de politique étrangère féministe (PEF), ou sont en voie de le faire.</p> Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:08:29 +0000 Katerina Sviderska 755 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/implementing-women-peace-and-security-agenda-home <p>Upon reviewing National Action Plans (NAPs) drafted by Western States in response to UNSC’s Resolution 1325 (2000) on WPS, the absence of domestic considerations is glaring. Western NAPs that do include inward facing commitments feature them as afterthoughts that pale in comparison with the number of commitments outlined and of high-profile departments mobilized under international assistance and overseas military efforts.</p> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:03:16 +0000 Gabrielle Longin 750 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/unitar-sheleads4peace-summer-school-immersive-wps-experience-geneva <p>The opportunity to be a part of <a href="https://event.unitar.org/full-catalog/sheleads4peace-summer-school-0">#SheLeads4Peace Summer School</a> at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) came around when I was pursuing my master’s in public policy at �鶹AV, and working part-time as a Research Assistant for the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security (RNWPS). The program was aimed at advancing leadership skills of young women, with an emphasis on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda.</p> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:17:37 +0000 Pragya Tikku 745 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/land-we-call-our-own-place-based-justice <p>How does place matter in the quest for justice and peace? On August 13<sup>th</sup>, 2022, my family, friends, and relatives in Uganda organized an event attended by hundreds of people in my ancestral homeland situated in Gulu district (Uganda) to celebrate my academic accomplishment. My <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0406097">doctoral research</a> was conducted in Gulu in 2019, but that was not the only reason for taking the celebrations to Gulu. It was also connected to the land.</p> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:40:55 +0000 Ketty Anyeko 743 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/preparing-peace-while-ready-war-considering-involvement-international-organizations-ukraines-wps <p>Well before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, international organizations (IOs) played a key role in the conceptualization and implementation of Ukraine’s Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. Since the beginning of the war in 2014, their role has evolved and diversified, but these actors continue to prioritize the security sector when promoting the agenda’s implementation.</p> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:56:05 +0000 Morgan Fox 739 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-canadas-domestic-wps-priority Canada is advancing its leadership role in promoting the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda internationally, the Elsie Initiative being proof of one such effort. But the question here is whether it is doing enough domestically. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:10:11 +0000 Pragya Tikku 730 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/wps-eu-how-states-drive-agenda <p>In the European Union (EU), some states are more receptive to the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda than others. Sweden has the world’s most <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/30/sweden-feminist-foreignpolicy/" target="_blank">advanced feminist foreign policy</a> while Hungary discredits “gender ideology” because it <a href="https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/portal/95799002/ARI36_2021_Almqvist_Rekindling_the_Agenda_on_Women_Peace_and_Security_can_the_EU_lead_by_example.pdf#page=11" target="_blank">undermines family values and “promotes homosexuality”</a>.</p> Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:49:03 +0000 Owen Wong 728 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/no-women-peace-and-security-without-addressing-gendered-risk-eroded-covid-19-perspectives-canad <p>Globally, countries are considering United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda as a tool for advancing gender equality and empowering women. In October 2020, UNSCR 1325 celebrated its 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary. UNSCR 1325 is the first resolution that focuses on the gendered impacts of armed conflicts and aims to promote women’s equal rights and build peaceful societies.</p> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:52:15 +0000 Luna KC 724 at /rnwps /rnwps/article/our-blog/can-canada-come-rescue-fall-afghanistan-and-wps-agenda <p>The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is more important than ever as the global spotlight has moved away from Afghanistan and onto the next military engagement in Ukraine. Afghan women have been left to suffer under the Taliban regime despite promises from western powers, such as Canada, to protect their human rights and civil liberties. Canada is in a unique position to champion the WPS agenda and remake peace processes according to the principles of participation, prevention, protection and relief and recovery.</p> Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:30:17 +0000 Alice Craft 722 at /rnwps