Comment & analysis
More than just ticking a box: the importance of undertaking gender analysis of conflict
Hannah Wright explains why gender is a crucial consideration for conflict analysis.
5 July 2016
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Gender and community security
The gendered nature of insecurity, and therefore of efforts to promote security and build peace, is now widely recognised.
20 June 2016
Blog
1325: a useful tool for activists?
In an article originally published by the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) in Peace in Progress magazine, Hannah Wright assesses the efficacy of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 as a tool for women activists working for peace.
25 November 2015
Comment & analysis
The High-Level Review on Women, Peace and Security: A tale of two viewpoints
Gender, peace and security adviser Hannah Wright responds to the Global Study on the implementation of UNSCR 1325.
21 October 2015
Blog
Masculinities and the women, peace and security agenda: strengthening or watering down?
We must reshape the masculinised and militarised assumptions behind the current international security paradigm, but not without asking critical questions about the recent resurgence of interest in ‘engaging men and boys’.
19 March 2015
Comment & analysis
Addressing notions of masculinity that drive conflict
Gender norms often promote notions of masculinity centred around power, violence and control. If we are serious about peacebuilding and conflict prevention we need to address them, says Hannah Wright.
4 December 2014
Reports & briefings
Masculinities, conflict and peacebuilding: perspectives on men through a gender lens
Research tells us that socially constructed gender norms which associate masculinity with power, violence and control can play a role in driving conflict and insecurity.
17 November 2014
Reports & briefings
Masculinities and peacebuilding: a policy and programming agenda
All around the world, men are the primary perpetrators of violence, making up 95 per cent of people convicted of homicide, as well as being the majority of combatants in conflicts.
17 November 2014
Comment & analysis
Beijing, 1325 and beyond: taking women, peace and security back to its roots
On the anniversary of UNSCR 1325 Hannah Wright examines how the women, peace and security agenda has narrowed in the 20 years since the Beijing Platform for Action, and why the international community should take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
31 October 2014
Reports & briefings
Gender and conflict early warning
The UN has identified an ambition to “develop effective gender-sensitive early warning mechanisms and institutions” as part of the women, peace and security agenda, and in recent years a range of research and guidance has been produced by INGOs, UN agencies and academics on gender-sensitising conflict early warning systems.
28 May 2014