Publications

This policy brief analyzes UNSCR 1325 and unpacks conceptual challenges inherent in framing women's rights and gender equality as security issues. In addition, it considers how these concepts may be b...chevron_right

This policy brief examines the involvement of women in peace processes, negotiations, and agreements. The author argues that women need to be included in peacebuilding processes as, beyond ceasefire n...chevron_right

This policy brief discusses the importance of mainstreaming gender equality and women's empowerment in post-conflict peacebuilding. Recommendations include measures to increase women's representation ...chevron_right

This policy brief looks at challenges in implementing the UNSC women, peace and security resolutions. It provides an overview of the key opportunities and constraints presented by the national action ...chevron_right

This report assesses the particular dynamics leading up to the 2013 parliamentary elections in Jordan, analyzes the election process and examines the outcome. It focuses particularly on how the electi...chevron_right

This policy brief addresses the shortcomings of the UN's 2010 Seven-Point Action Plan on Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding. Despite the Action Plan’s endorsement by the Secretary-General and his senior ...chevron_right

This report analyzes the causes of the crisis in Mali with an emphasis on Kidal, the area from which all Tuareg rebellions have been launched. The authors scrutinize the strategies of the key actors a...chevron_right

This policy brief looks at the UN women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. In particular, it explores the links between gender and conflict, gender and peacebuilding, and the WPS agenda and feminist vi...chevron_right

This paper reports that the slow pace of the transitional process and what increasingly looks like institutional paralysis and factional politics are negatively perceived by the people of Libya. The a...chevron_right

Efforts by member states to increase the number of women in UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs) have been ad hoc and sporadic, writes Olivera Simic. Today, she mulls over how these states can increase the meaningful participation of women in PKOs.chevron_right

In this brief the author examines the UN’s primary roadmap for operationalizing its women, peace and security agenda: the 2010 Seven-Point Action Plan on Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding. He points out...chevron_right

According to the author of this publication, President Obama’s efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians to return to negotiations on a permanent peace agreement will be futile and may lead to more f...chevron_right

This paper provides a description of a problem-driven framework which aims to help practitioners and researchers use political economy analysis. The framework provided has three phases: problem identi...chevron_right

This background note identifies the discriminatory social institutions, laws, norms and practices that deny girls the ability to reach their full potential. The authors find that mainstream developmen...chevron_right

This background note provides guidance on how to carry out planning and strategy development in the context of development cooperation. The authors argue that while it is true that complex situations ...chevron_right