A Critical Feminist Approach to Implementing Vancouver Principle 11

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https://doi.org/10.15273/allons-y.v5i0.10216

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Gender, peacekeeping, child soldiers, child protection, Vancouver Principles, women, peace and security

Resumo

In this paper I aim to provide a critical analysis of how Vancouver Principle (VP) 11 on the Contribution of Women to preventing the recruitment and use of child soldiers addresses gender and women‘s involvement in peacekeeping. Critical feminist research on gender and war, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, and international relations has examined and critiqued the important ways in which gender underlies, informs, and helps give meaning to matters of international peace and security. I draw on this diverse literature to discuss how VP 11 approaches gender and peacekeeping in a way that is at times problematic and at others nuanced and progressive, and provide concrete recommendations for how critical feminist insights can improve the implementation of the Vancouver Principles. The importance of understanding gender dynamics for peacekeeping in general, and for preventing the recruitment and use of children as soldiers in particular, necessitates more nuanced approaches to gender analysis and women‘s participation. The implementation of VP 11 can support both of these areas.

Biografia Autor

Dustin Johnson, The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security, Dalhousie University; School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg

Dustin Johnson is a Research Advisor at the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security, where he currently studies gender and child protection practices in UN peacekeeping. He is concurrently pursuing this research project as a doctoral student in peace and development research at the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He has worked at the Dallaire Institute since March 2016 after completing his masters degree and holds masters and bachelors degrees from Dalhousie University.

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2021-03-31

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Research Articles