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dc.contributor.authorSimic, Olivera
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:38:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:38:48Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-02-23T08:56:09Z
dc.identifier.issn1353-3312
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13533311003625084
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36504
dc.description.abstractWomen are being encouraged to join peacekeeping operations as sexual violence problem-solving forces while simultaneously undertaking a complex role as 'protectors' of local women from local men and male peacekeepers. Since the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 in 2000, the UN has urged states to deploy more women. Among the implicit assumptions underlying these calls are that an increase in the representation of women in peacekeeping operations (PKOs) will lead to a decrease in the cases of HIV/AIDS, a decline in the number of brothels around peacekeeping bases, and a reduction in the number of babies fathered and abandoned by peacekeepers after their mission comes to an end. Evidence suggests that the presence of women peacekeepers can and does foster a change in male behaviour when women are deployed in PKOs. This article argues, however, that countering abuse should not be a substitute for the more encompassing goal of improving gender balance and equality in PKOs. While there is a need to combat sexual violence in PKOs, the responsibility for prevention should be on troop-contributing countries, which need to exercise accountability and prosecute sexual violence committed by their peacekeepers. Diverting responsibility to women does not address the problem of sexual violence in PKOs, or help eradicate its causes.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom188
dc.relation.ispartofpageto199
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Peacekeeping
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.titleDoes the Presence of Women Really Matter? Towards Combating Male Sexual Violence in Peacekeeping Operations
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSimic, Olivera


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