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Protectors and Protected: Gender, Peacekeeping and Power

Protectors and Protected: Gender, Peacekeeping and Power. International Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding : Tackling State Fragility Marsha Henry Gender Institute, LSE m.g.henry@lse.ac.uk. Women in Peacekeeping Missions. Women as Peacekeepers Military Police Civilian

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Protectors and Protected: Gender, Peacekeeping and Power

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  1. Protectors and Protected: Gender, Peacekeeping and Power International Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding: Tackling State Fragility Marsha Henry Gender Institute, LSE m.g.henry@lse.ac.uk

  2. Women in Peacekeeping Missions • Women as Peacekeepers • Military • Police • Civilian • What are women’s experiences? • 1) What is their status in and outside of their own forces?

  3. Women in Peacekeeping Missions • Value • Specialism and training • Sex segregation • Military ethos? • 2) What is their professional remit? • Duties • Skills

  4. Women in Peacekeeping Missions • 3) What is their relationship with local men and women? • Interaction • 4) What country are they from? • Contribution to missions • Pay • Reputation

  5. Women in Peacekeeping Missions • 5) What impact do they have on the local population • Role models • Reduction in SEA • 6) What are the underlying assumption of introducing female peacekeepers? • Sisterhood • “Third world’

  6. Masculinities • Problems with incorporation • Women as victims, men as perpetrators • Multiple masculinities • Explore alternative models at work

  7. Gender-Based Violence • Rethink violence with a gender base • i.e. boy soldiers • Spectrum of gender and violence • Violence with a sexual base • Violence as a result of gender and sexuality • Women as perpetrators • Situations where GBV not occurring

  8. Sexual Exploitation and Abuse • Rethink definitions of Exploitation • Vulnerability and Agency • Men and boys • Exploitation without sex

  9. Power • DPKO recognises the power relationship between peacekeepers and local people • Less time focussed on single forms of exploitation—expand • Intersection (‘race’) • Peacekeeping economies • Images of Peacekeepers and Reputation of UN • Militarisation? • Politics of Development?

  10. Recommendations • Challenge national governments • To recruit more women into their militaries and not just police forces • To recruit more ‘gender’ trained personnel • Training and Awareness • Discussions of sexuality and sexual behaviour • Discussions of racism, not ‘culture’ • Discussions of economic power • Humility • Shift focus from image to practice

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