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Feminist peace or state co-optation? The Women, Peace and Security agenda in Myanmar
Umeå University, (SWE).
Swedish Defence University, Department of War Studies and Military History, Functions and Perspective Division.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9535-3276
Independent researcher, Thailand.
2022 (English)In: European Journal of Politics and Gender, ISSN 2515-1088, E-ISSN 2515-1096, Vol. 5, no 1, p. 25-43Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article engages with emerging debates about feminist peace and uses this concept to assess the ability of the Women, Peace and Security agenda to achieve gender-just change. We advance a conception of feminist peace as political conditions that allow women affected by conflict to articulate their visions of change and influence the construction of post-war order. Applying this to a case study of Women, Peace and Security practice in Myanmar, we demonstrate that features of how international aid is organised, combined with the Myanmar government’s interest in excluding critical voices, limit the ability of Women, Peace and Security practices to contribute to feminist peace. This highlights the potential for illiberal post-war states to obstruct and co-opt the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and shows how the women most directly affected by armed conflict are often the least able to participate in, benefit from and inform Women, Peace and Security practices.

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2022. Vol. 5, no 1, p. 25-43
Keywords [en]
feminist peace, Women, Peace and Security agenda, peacebuilding, gender expertise, illiberal peace, Myanmar
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Political Science Gender Studies
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War Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10631DOI: 10.1332/251510821x16359327302509OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-10631DiVA, id: diva2:1631605
Available from: 2022-01-24 Created: 2022-01-24 Last updated: 2023-02-06Bibliographically approved

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