Podcasts about security agenda

Today we'll dive into the often-overlooked realities of how women and girls experience armed conflict! Whether women are the victims, combatants, or leaders in peace-building. From the risks of gender-based violence and the underrepresentation of women in disarmament efforts to the long-term socio-economic impacts of the global arms trade, this conversation is both urgent and essential.Stay with us as we unpack these risks and the intersection of security, gender, and global policy with Anna Provan.Anna Provan is the Peace and Security Programme Manager at the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP). She has a proven track record of research, writing, public engagement, and capacity-building on the gendered and humanitarian impacts of weapons use and transfer, as well as the wider implications of conflict and militarisation for the pursuit of gender justice and equality. She works on a diverse range of issues related to gender-responsive arms control and disarmament, the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, feminist peacebuilding, cybersecurity, and AI. In 2024, Anna was recognised as an Emerging Expert by The Forum on the Arms Trade.Prior to joining CFFP, Anna worked with the ‘Next Generation Democracy' programme at the World Leadership Alliance in Madrid and as a UN Online Volunteer, providing research and editorial support to the Tanzania Development Trust and Education Watch Pakistan. She has undergraduate degree in International Relations from The University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology from University College London (UCL).The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international relations. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn and Subscribe for all our great updates!Tell us what you liked!

In a major and unprecedented shakeup to the U.S. military's leadership, U.S. President Donald Trump removed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Brown in late February, while announcing his intention to replace Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the head of the U.S. Navy. The personnel changes have been framed as part of an effort to eradicate "woke ideology" from the U.S. military. It is not a coincidence, then, that Brown is Black and Franchetti is the first woman ever to command a U.S. military service branch. But the Trump administration's attack on efforts to address historical injustices for minorities and women - known as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, initiatives - goes beyond purging people of color and high-ranking women officers from the chain of command. As part of this agenda, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has also proposed a radical departure from the U.S. military's approach over the past decade. Though a slow-moving institution that is far from progressive, the Defense Department has undertaken a series of reforms to be more representative of the country it serves. That has included things like adopting a plan to implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, updating its harassment policies and protecting its employees from discrimination. Since taking over as defense secretary in late January, Hegseth has articulated his commitment to "restoring the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military, and reestablishing deterrence." Along those lines, he announced the creation of a Restoring America's Fighting Force Task Force charged with "overseeing the Department's efforts to abolish DEI offices and any vestiges of such offices that subvert meritocracy, perpetuate unconstitutional discrimination, and promote radical ideologies related to systemic racism and gender fluidity." This task force and other envisaged reforms are all aimed at eradicating "wokeness" from the U.S. military and Defense Department. This agenda reflects Hegseth's retrograde and patriarchal vision of the U.S. military. But his justifications for all of these measures are often invented or based on false premises. These misrepresentations are aimed at portraying the U.S. military as hamstrung by politically correct overreach. In both his public comments and his highly critical book about the U.S. military, Hegseth has castigated "woke" generals and policies that, he argues, undermine the military's effectiveness. For example, during his Senate confirmation hearings in January, Hegseth cited personal interviews conducted while writing his book to assert that commanders are expected to "meet quotas" in order to increase the number of women in the ranks. That practice, he added, was one of many "direct, indirect, overt and subtle" ways that the U.S. military has changed its standards to accommodate women recruits. Hegseth had previously asserted that women should not be present in ground combat operations, stating in November, "It hasn't made us more effective. Hasn't made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated." Hegseth's statements make it seem as if women have been coddled by the military in order to goose their numbers, to the detriment of readiness. Hegseth's remarks play well to Trump's base, but they aren't just for public consumption. They have real implications for the well-being of U.S. servicewomen, as well as for women in countries where the U.S. military is active. On both counts, however, he is demonstrably wrong. As Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pointed out during his confirmation hearing, there are no quotas for women in the infantry. That is a politically expedient lie for Hegseth and his allies. With regard to standards, for instance, retired Army Lt. Col. Ellen Haring told NPR, "Not only have standards not been lowered, but when they first decided that … they were going to open combat jobs to women, the services were given three years to actually set standards because up until that point in time, standards had...

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The United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated every year on December 3rd. This year, the international community is also celebrating the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The Geneva Conventions are cornerstones of international humanitarian law that came in the wake of World War II and the Holocaust, when hundreds of thousands of persons with disabilities were exterminated alongside Jewish people and other minorities. The Nuremberg tribunal found that the mass killing of persons with disabilities during World War II constituted a crime against humanity, and thus gave explicit recognition to persecution based on disability.

Hispanic voters who came to the country legally are “not for people just coming over the border” illegally, Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue says.  “No,” Unanue said, when asked whether former President Donald Trump's border policies would cost him the Hispanic vote in the 2024 presidential election.  The CEO is a longtime supporter of Trump and was thrust into the political spotlight four years ago after stating publicly that the U.S. was “blessed” to have Trump as president. The remark triggered calls from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., and others to boycott the Goya brand, which sells its products in the U.S. and many Spanish-speaking countries.  The boycott failed, and “business has been great” since then, Unanue says.  Unanue remains a vocal Trump supporter, and in his new book, “Blessed, Donald J. Trump, and the Spiritual War,” he explains why he thinks Trump is the leader America needs at this moment in history.  The chairman of the Hispanic Leadership Coalition, Unanue, whose grandfather immigrated to America from Spain, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the biggest issues on the minds of Hispanic voters and why he is an unapologetic Trump supporter. 

Hispanic voters who came to the country legally are “not for people just coming over the border” illegally, Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue says. “No,” Unanue said, when asked whether former President Donald Trump's border policies would cost him the Hispanic vote in the 2024 presidential election. The CEO is a longtime supporter of Trump […]

In this IIEA panel event, three expert speakers discuss the present state of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda. The panel reflects upon how, as the global security environment continues to deteriorate, Security Council Resolution 1325 and its emphasis of on the specific challenges which conflict poses to women in conflict settings has grown only more important. Moreover, the panel explores the role of women in conflict resolution, their role in UN peacekeeping, and conflict prevention. Speakers in this panel include: Major-General (Ret.) Maureen O'Brien, Former Deputy Military Advisor in the United Nations Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations; Dr Sally-Anne Corcoran served with UN for nearly two decades. An Irish Research Council Scholar, she received her PhD in Law from the University of Galway in 2022. She is an international expert and advisor on Gender and Human Rights; Sophie McGuirk, Peace and Stability Unit at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Kaum einer spricht darüber, aber alle geht es an: Das Herstellen von vollumfänglicher Cybersicherheit ist speziell in der Autoindustrie mit ihren zahlreichen Einfallstoren eine heikle Angelegenheit. Worauf fokussiere ich meine Security-Agenda in Zeiten enormen Kostendrucks? Wie stark beeinflussen die neuen EU-Regeln zu Cybersecurity-Management-Systemen meine Entwicklungsarbeit? Und lohnt es sich wirklich, riesige Geldmengen für aufwändige Awareness-Kampagnen auszugeben, um die Belegschaft für Gefahren durch Social Engineering zu sensibilisieren? In der aktuellen Folge von WAS MICH BEWEGT diskutieren Pascal und Yannick über eines der Top-IT-Themen 2024. Hier geht's zur exklusiven Automotive-Auswertung der IT-Trends-Studie von Capgemini: https://www.automotiveit.eu/strategy/diesen-it-fokus-setzt-das-automotive-management-2024-265.html Warum Volkswagen und andere aufgrund neuer Cybersecurity-Vorgaben jetzt Modelle streichen: https://www.automotiveit.eu/technology/volkswagen-streicht-modelle-wegen-cybersecurity-vorgaben-99-311.html Und welchen Einfluss KI künftig auf Cybersecurity haben wird: https://www.automotiveit.eu/technology/ist-ki-ein-fluch-oder-segen-fuer-die-cybersecurity-887.html Mehr zu Pascal und Yannick findet ihr auf LinkedIn: Pascal Nagel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-nagel/ Yannick Tiedemann: www.linkedin.com/in/yannick-tiedemann Hinweis: Die im Podcast getätigten Aussagen spiegeln die Privatmeinung der Gesprächspartner wider und entsprechen nicht zwingend den Darstellungen des jeweiligen Arbeitgebers

How does the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda apply to space policy? Why is better integration of the WPS agenda into the space sector crucial for Australia? And how does Australia compare to its international peers in this area? In this episode, Cassandra Steer and Elise Stephenson join Danielle Ireland-Piper to discuss the importance of incorporating the Women, Peace, and Security agenda into the Australian space sector. Dr Cassandra Steer is Deputy Director (Mission Specialists) at the Australian National University Institute for Space (InSpace).Dr Elise Stephenson GAICD is a Gender, Space and National Security Fellow at the ANU National Security College (NSC) and the Deputy Director at the ANU Global Institute for Women's Leadership.Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper is an Associate Professor and Academic Director at NSC. Show notes: Securing our Future – national security conference, 9–10 April, 2024: secure your tickets Australia's National Action Plan for implementing the WPS agenda: find out more Joint Project 9102 Phase 1: find out more We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. The National Security Podcast is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You probably already know that Rep. Mike Johnson is the new Speaker of the House. What you may not know is that every single one of the issues on his plate is a national security issue, at least in the short term. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds to talk it all through. They talked about Israel aid, Ukraine aid, Taiwan assistance, the border, FISA Section 702, government shutdowns, and more. It's a rollicking conversation through a crazy bunch of issues that are all on the front burner of the new Speaker's stove as he takes over a job for which he appears to be wholly unprepared. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine is not the only challenge NATO has to grapple with today. The week preceding the NATO Summit in Vilnius marked the planet's hottest week in recorded history. Last summer's gruelling heat claimed 20,000 excess deaths in Western Europe alone, threatened critical military and civilian infrastructure and caused additional military deployments in response to immense forest fires across Europe.

It is well documented that women's participation in democratic transitions improves the likelihood of peace negotiations arriving at settlements and parties reaching sustainable agreements. While there have been landmark achievements since the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda was established through the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000, there is a need for honest reflection on remaining challenges and the way ahead. Major General O'Brien discusses the essential next steps that the international community must take to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, both on the ground and in international policy. About the Speaker: A native of Galway city, Major General Maureen O'Brien graduated from University College Galway (UCG) with B.Sc. and H.Dip.Ed before being awarded a cadetship in Óglaigh na hÉireann in 1981. In 2021, Major General O'Brien was appointed to her current role as Deputy Military Advisor to the UN Under Secretary General for Peace Operations. She is Ireland's first female officer to reach the rank of Brigadier General. During her career, Maj-Gen O'Brien has amassed extensive overseas service, most recently as Deputy Force Commander in UNDOR in Syria, and prior to that, peacekeeping experience in Chad and Lebanon.

In our seventh episode, host Neema Jayasinghe joins panellist Yasmin Homer to discuss the work of women peacebuilders with guests Eva Tabbasam (GAPS UK) and Andrea Filippi (PeaceWomen Across the Globe). We discuss the importance of fostering and protecting civil society networks in peacetime and wartime, the challenges of political will, and how the Women, Peace, Security Agenda needs to expand its feminist focus through a more inclusive intersectionality. With insights from GAPS UK's work in Afghanistan and PeaceWomen Across the Globe's networks between Columbia, Nepal and the Philippines, this episode crosses local, national, and international borders in a timely conversation about conflict resolution and representation.  

Today's guest is Cemre Ulker, the UN Representative and US Director of the Journalists and Writers Foundation. Cemre is a human rights expert dedicated to the gender-sensitive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and focuses on civil and political rights violations and issues related to violence against women and sexual violence in conflict. In this episode focusing on the upcoming elections in Turkey on May 14, Alon and Cemre discuss the social dynamics in Turkey, the Turkish peoples' distrust of Erdogan and his one-man authoritarian rule, the current status of the opposition, and women's rights issues in Turkey. Full bioCemre Ulker is the UN Representative and US Director of the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), an international civil society organization affiliated with the UN Department of Global Communications. Ms. Ulker leads JWF`s global initiatives to promote the culture of peace, human rights, and sustainable development. She is a human rights expert dedicated to the gender-sensitive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals with a particular focus on peaceful, just institutions, and global partnerships. Ms. Ulker also provides workshops and capacity-building programs working on innovative and inclusive policy suggestions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by facilitating participation platforms for civil society organizations in 24 different countries. Ms. Ulker works on JWF`s civil society inputs to CEDAW, Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and NGO CSW on a variety of topics including women`s leadership for the UNSCR 1325 Women, Peace and Security Agenda, protection of women refugees, combatting violations against women human rights defenders, political prisoners and highlights the role of civil society contribution for the gender-mainstreaming of the Global Goals 2030. Cemre Ulker is also the Co-Founder of Set Them Free, a civil initiative promoting women`s rights, monitoring violations against women human rights defenders in Turkey. She is passionate to facilitate Set Them Free`s socio-economic empowerment programs for the enforced women and children migrants. Ms. Ulker is a freelance contributor at the Kronos News covering Turkey`s human rights agenda and foreign policy projections. She is also a faculty member of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)`s Global Diplomacy Initiative giving lectures on the “Intersectionality of Press Freedom and Human Rights: Violence Against Women Human Rights Defenders”. Cemre Ulker has a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland and completed her Master`s Degree in Human Rights at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

Host Kathleen McInnis sat down with Dr. Benedetta Berti, Head of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretary General at NATO, for an insightful conversation on her role in adopting NATO's first Climate Change and Security Agenda. In addition, the pair discussed the incorporation of human security, the protection of civilians, and gender within NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept.

This episode is with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi diplomat who played a key role in advancing the UN's Women, Peace and Security Agenda, including its adoption by the UN Security Council in October 2000. In this interview, Ambassador Chowdhury shares a behind-the-scenes account of the adoption of Resolution 1325 and advice on what men can do to help advance the WPS Agenda. The episode was recorded in 2020. Although some developments have taken place since then, we believe the insights and experiences discussed in this episode are still relevant today. Any opinions expressed are solely the interviewee's and do not represent the opinions of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.

*Trigger Warning*  In this week's episode we mention the conversation of suicide between the Princess of Wales and Roman Kemp  (Timestamp 22:01- 23:01).  Please feel free to fast forward this section if the conversation is triggering for you.    Welcome to this week's royal podcast episode on the British Royal Family where we will be discussing all the latest Royal news and engagements for this week including:    Did Sophie, Countess Of Wessex get snubbed by the Royal socials this week on her trip to The Hague? The King and Queen consort visited Brick Lane in East London The King and Ukrainian President Zelensky met for talks at Buckingham Palace The Princess of Wales chatted with Roman Kemp about the Shaping Us Campaign and Suicide Prevention.  Princess Beatrice has become patron of the British Skin Foundation  And, Netflix gear up to make a film from Prince Andrew's BBC interview with Emily Maitis We have details of a new coronation celebration Spotify playlist that has been released   Timestamps:  00:01 - Introduction and housekeeping  7:01 - Royal Round-Up  

Just last month, the United Nations observed the 22nd anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, setting the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. In recent years, the world has seen both tremendous achievements and setbacks in relation to the status of women and LGBTQ+ individuals—from Iran to Afghanistan to Myanmar. In this episode of AfP's Peace: We Build It! podcast, join host Tanya Domi and guests Dr. Valerie Hudson, University Distinguished Professor and George H.W. Bush Chair, Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, and Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, for a discussion about the rising global crackdown on women and LGBTQ+ communities, and the critical importance of their inclusion and leadership in peace, democracy, and security initiatives. Learn how gender and sexual relations shape other social, economic, and political relationships, and how the WPS and LGBTQ+ communities can learn from each other to advance multidimensional inclusion, protection, and durable peacebuilding. Support the show

NATO's Madrid Summit in June brought about the Alliance's long-awaited new Strategic Concept which delivered an assessment of a much more adversarial international environment and set out a vision for at least the next decade. While the document makes it clear the 30 countries-strong alliance is attuned to the challenges from outside its core geographical and functional areas, it will be looking much closer to home for at least some time to come given the Russian Federation's aggression in Ukraine and threats to NATO's eastern flank. Yet, the fact the Indo-Pacific region received a mention for the very first time in NATO's strategic communication, and Australia implicitly got called upon as a partner that will be crucial in enacting the Alliance's strategic ambitions, should not be underestimated. To discuss the details of NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept and its implications for Australia, the United States Studies Centre hosted a panel discussion with: Dr Benedetta Berti - Head of the Policy Planning Unit in the Office of the Secretary General, NATO; Ms Ciara Spencer - First Assistant Secretary, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Professor Stephan Frühling - Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National Universit; and Dr Gorana Grgic - Senior Lecturer in US Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre. This project is sponsored by NATO.

Ilwad Elman is the Chief Operating Officer of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre. In this episode, we discuss the challenges and trauma of peacebuilding, her work in supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, and applying a youthful lens to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

Mr Michael Dunford is the Regional Director for Eastern Africa at the UN World Food Programme (WFP). In this episode, we discuss the realities of tackling food security in conflict settings, the impact of climate change, and how conflict-sensitive food systems might better respond to impacts of conflict on women.

The UN's Chiefs of Police Summit kicked off in New York, bringing together senior Government and police officials to deliberate on the contribution of the UN Police to sustainable peace and development.Speaking to journalists today (1 Sep) in New York, the Police Adviser and Director of the UN Police Division, Luís Carrilho, said “the Member States have been particularly interested in hearing about the United Nations police contributions to the Women Peace and Security Agenda, A4P+, including our work to protect civilians, advance political solutions, strengthen strategic and operational integration and increase accountability of, and to, peacekeepers, amongst others.”The Police Commissioner of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Bettina Patricia Boughani, told journalists that her forces “will support the Malian security forces for the security of election”, which was scheduled to be held on 27 February 2022, but should now happen by February 2024.“Protection of civilian is also important in support always of the Malian authorities. Deployment of Malian security forces into the north and we participate also of restoration of state authorities”, said Boughani.According to the Police Commissioner, the main tools for the UN Police in the country “are capacity building, advisory support, solo and joint patrols, and building and rehabilitation of Malian infrastructures.”Violet Nasambu Lusala, the Police Commissioner of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), highlighted the “significant strides regarding gender parity responsiveness” in her forces.Lusala said she was “proud to inform” that in the professional category 75 percent of the officers are women and in terms of Individual Police Officers (IPOs) the number is 36.7 percent.Addressing the Summit earlier on Friday, the UN Secretary-General said the UN Police is a cornerstone of the UN's peacekeeping work as well as the vision contained in Our Common Agenda.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights released yesterday its 2022 assessment on the human rights violations committed against the Uyghurs in XUAR. What does the report says about China's domestic policies, power dynamics and treatment of religious and ethnic minorities? Join us in this exploration, subscribe to our newsletter here, follow us on Instagram and Twitter and support our community in Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/womanhoodir Listen to related episodes: 124. Rushan Abbas on Calls of Genocide Against the Uyghurs 112. Devon Cone on COVID-19 Impact on Migration & Humanitarian Crises 81. Feminist Approaches to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 74. The Masculine/Feminine National Cultures Index Recommended readings to this episode: [PDF] Download the OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China Amnesty International Report “LIKE WE WERE ENEMIES IN A WAR”China's Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang Human Rights Watch Report: “Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots” Campaign for Uyghurs What is the 'One China' policy? China policies could cut millions of Uyghur births in Xinjiang Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on August 4, 2022 Xi Jinping's inspection tour of Xinjiang China: Xi Jinping visits Xinjiang for first time since Uyghur crackdown China Opposes Terrorism The 60th Press Conference of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Xinjiang-related Issues in Beijing Uighurs demand accountability after UN report on China abuses

SRSG Parfait Onyanga-Anyanga is the Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union and Mme Bineta Diop is the African Union's Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security. In this episode, we discuss the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union and coordinating the activities of stakeholders towards achieving the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa.

On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted the landmark Resolution 1325, recognising the central role women play in peacebuilding and conflict resolution, and giving birth to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.   Over 20 years after UNSCR 1325, what have we achieved, what have we learnt, and what more can we do?   Host of She Stands for Peace, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, will be asking these questions and more from key actors in the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa.  Season Three is coming out soon and her guests work in grassroots, they are thought leaders and experts, sharing their reflections and best practices.  Don't forget to join the conversation using the hashtag #shestandsforpeace. 

For our weekly “Ideas on Europe” editorial by UACES, the University Association for European Studies, we have the pleasure to welcome Miriam Mona Mukalazi, from the University of Düsseldorf, in Germany.

On International Women's Day, we discuss developments regarding Iraqi women's rights and Iraq's place in the global Women, Peace & Security agenda with Dr. Yasmin Chilmeran, a postdoctoral fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and an expert on gender and civil society in post-conflict settings.

What if justice is not ever considered "a goal" between and within states? How is public/private patriarchal divisions being consciously or unconsciously reproduced by international legal scholars, lawmakers and institutions? Join us in this exploration, subscribe to our newsletter here and support our community in Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/womanhoodir Save the dates! Upcoming free events: Water, Gender and Conflict 101 Webinar (March 16th) WPS in North Africa & the Middle East Talk Series (March 26th) Listen to related episodes: 81. Feminist Approaches to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 87. Feminisms & International Security 112. Devon Cone on COVID-19 Impact on Migration & Humanitarian Crises 124. Rushan Abbas on Calls of Genocide Against the Uyghurs Recommended readings to this episode: Feminist Critiques of International Law and their Critics Feminism and International Law: An Opportunity for Transformation The Gendered Politics Behind the International Criminal Court Feminist Strategy in International Law: Understanding Its Legal, Normative and Political Dimensions Feminist International Law of Peace and Security A Path to Transformation: Asking “The Woman Question” in International Law

What are some of the most common misconceptions and stereotypes international media reproduces on Palestinian women? What are some of the many different identities and realities Palestinian women face due to double oppression, conflict and geographical landscape? What is the status of 1325 National Action Plan's implementation and women's political participation? How to practice feminist solidarity with Palestinian women? A special conversation with Nivine Sandouka, leading expert on gender, development and peacebuilding in East Jerusalem and Palestine territories. This episode was recorded at a live event today, February 26th, as the first of three-part talk series we have co-organized with collaborator and IR scholar Itzel Pamela Perez Gomez. The Women, Peace and Security in North Africa and the Middle East Talk Series is a three-part live virtual event featuring the life stories of inspiring female researchers, advocates and specialists of women's rights and WPS implementation in these parts of the world. Join us in this free mini-series between February - April 2022 to build bridges of collaborative knowledge and understanding, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @womanhood_ir, join our community in Patreon http://patreon.com/womanhoodir and free rsvp to our upcoming events: Moroccan Women Multiple Identities: A View From Academia: A conversation with Fatimazahrae Moutia Saturday, March 26th Womanhood, Race and Muslim identity in the Western World: A conversation with Saara Bouhouche Saturday, April 23rd Listen to related episodes: 90. Itzel Pamela Pérez-Gómez on Gender Issues in the Middle East 81. Feminist Approaches to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 86. Chloé Meulewaeter on Global Military Spending & Demilitarization Efforts 87. Feminisms & International Security

What is the status of humanitarian crisis and humanitarian aid for women and girls in Afghanistan? Why international law protection and R2P mechanisms are not being enforced or mainly considered? Are sanctions the way to deal with the Taliban? In this episode we share a commentary on the January 20th webinar “Solutions for Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan”, organized by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/GIWPS/videos/301389418489811/ The webinar features interviews with: Rina Amiri, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights; Mahbouba Seraj, Executive Director, Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC); Shaharzad Akbar, Former Chairperson, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC); Muqaddesa Yourish, Former Deputy Minister for Commerce and Industry; Maryam Rahmani, Country Representative, Afghan Women's Resource Center (AWRC); Dr. Suraya Dalil, Director, WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care and Former Minister of Public Health, Afghanistan; Palwasha Hassan, Director, The Afghan Women's Educational Center and Senior Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; Amb. Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @womanhood_ir and support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/womanhoodir Subscribe and download the free webinar - Feminist Approaches to Women, Peace and Security 101 RSVP Online Workshop Starts on February 8th, 2022 - Masculinities in World Politics 101 Listen to related episodes: 81. Feminist Approaches to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 87. Feminisms & International Security 95. José R. Rivera-González on US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Recommended links of this episode: Watch the free webinar Solutions for Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Afghan Women and Girls Under Immediate Threat: The Responsibility to Protect and Assist Is Just Beginning Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover Worsens Rights Crisis HRW World Report 2022 The Deteriorating Situation in Afghanistan: Expertise from the Wilson Center UN to appoint special rapporteur to monitor rights in Afghanistan Voice Amplified: Afghanistan Voices Campaign

In the first episode of the National Security Podcast for 2022, Head of the ANU National Security College Professor Rory Medcalf is joined by Royal United Services Institute Senior Research Fellow Veerle Nouwens to explore how the relationship between these two nations could adapt to an increasingly dynamic Indo-Pacific.With ‘AUKMIN' – the meeting of the Australian and United Kingdom Defence and Foreign Affairs ministers – anticipated soon, how might the partnership between the two countries be revitalised to meet new and emerging security challenges? Professor Rory Medcalf and Veerle Nouwens discuss how Australia and the United Kingdom could increase the impact of their ongoing collaboration in the Indo-Pacific, exploring ideas drawn from their recent Policy Options Paper, Australia and the United Kingdom: an Indo-Pacific security agenda for a revitalised partnership.Veerle Nouwens is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Security Studies Department of the Royal United Services Institute, focusing on geopolitical relations in the Asia-Pacific region.Rory Medcalf is Head of the ANU National Security College. His professional experience spans more than two decades across diplomacy, intelligence analysis, think tanks, and journalism.Policy Options Papers are the flagship publication from the ANU National Security College and offer short, evidence-based and forward-looking insights and recommendations for policymakers on topical national security issues facing Australia. Every paper in the series is informed by consultation and reviewed by practitioner and academic experts. This paper is available here.We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. The National Security Podcast and Policy Forum Pod are available on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How can we start connecting to the three words: Women, Peace, Security? What is the mindset separating IR field subjects of study from our daily experiences, countries and public/foreign policies? A revision of the WPS Agenda and tips on how can we begin landing its topics to our personal/national/international realities. Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @womanhood_ir and support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/womanhoodir Join our next live event: Free Webinar January 19th, 2022 - Feminist Approaches to Women, Peace and Security 101 RSVP Online Workshop Starts on February 8th, 2022 - Masculinities in World Politics 101 Listen to related episodes: 81. Feminist Approaches to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 86. Chloé Meulewaeter on Global Military Spending & Demilitarization Efforts 87. Feminisms & International Security Recommended links of this episode: UNSCR Resolutions Summary and PDF Downloads A GLOBAL STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 Security Council Scorecard on Women, Peace and Security: Lessons Learned from 2010-2016 Women, Peace, and What is Security? Engendering (In)security in Peace Support Operations The Gendered Political Economy of Militarized Peacekeeping

This week on #TubtaNabadda we focus on the 6th anniversary of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda. We interview Julius Kramer, Advisor on Youth, Peace and Security at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), about the importance of the UN's Youth, Peace and Security Agenda and what it represents, UN engagements in advancing the role of youth in peacebuilding, and what Somali decisionmakers can learn from young peacebuilders. We also interview Hawa Tufah, youth activist in Puntland, about the role of young people in fostering dialogue and tolerance in Somalia. She also discusses the challenges encountered by young peacebuilders in Somalia and how these challenges can be overcome. The programme is presented by Ali Gutale and Fathi Mohamed. You will have the opportunity to react to the show and share your thoughts by calling in to your favourite radio stations! Tune in today to Radio Garowe, Radio Mogadishu, Radio Kulmiye KNN, Radio Baidoa, SBC Radio, Radio Cadaado, Radio Risalah, Radio Dalsan, Radio Hiranweyn, Radio Galgadud and Radio Kismaayo  to be a part of it. Remember to call in and share your thoughts about the show, or leave us a comment below. In case you miss it on the radio, you can listen in here anytime. You can also get the podcast of this and other episodes of the show on iTunes (apple.co/2xbk78c), Stitcher (bit.ly/2x9djbd) and TuneIn (bit.ly/2kljcZJ).

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Rape and other forms of sexual violence have been reported by health workers, human rights observers, and civilians in conflict zones, including Rwanda, Bosnia, Tigray, and Myanmar. Yet, survivors of these human rights abuses are rarely provided the sexual and reproductive healthcare they need. Jill Filipovic, freelance journalist and author of The H Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness and OK Boomer: Let's Talk How My Generation Got Left Behind, talks to us about how U.S. foreign policy has prevented the support and care of women who have endured sexual violence in conflict zones. U.S. foreign policy, such as the global gag rule and the Helms amendment, have prevented U.S. dollars to fund safe abortions for rape survivors and refugees even in areas where abortion is legal. In fact, the Helms amendment dictates that no U.S. funding can be spent on abortion as a method of family planning. Even though the Helms amendment's wording should exclude abortions needed as a result of rape or abortion for those whose lives and health are threatened, U.S. federal dollars still do not fund safe abortion care. The global gag rule prevents U.S. funding for family planning abroad from going to groups that perform abortion with their own non-U.S. money, advocate for abortion, or refer people for abortion care. The rule has a broad “chilling effect”, stigmatizing the procedure and preventing groups that receive U.S. funding from engaging in abortion-related activities. While the Biden/Harris admin has rescinded the global gag rule it is not a light switch, just because the policy is gone it does not mean its impacts are. (Learn more about why we must permanently repeal the global gag rule by checking out this episode of rePROs Fight Back from earlier this year).  As a result of U.S. law, many medical providers in conflict settings are able to offer post-abortion care—via the same medical machine or the same set of medications— but cannot offer an elective abortion, itself. Because women cannot access an elective abortion at the time needed, they may seek unsafe options and return to the medical provider for post-abortion care, after. This leads to increased rates of problems in pregnancy and childbirth, injury and death, loss of fertility, and more. Under the Trump administration, post-abortion care in conflict settings was scaled back, as well as radically expanded the global gag rule during the administration's four years. Those who have experienced this trauma, which is rooted in a loss of control over one's own physical safety and bodily autonomy, deserve control and ability to make personal decisions in the aftermath of a sexual assault. Ultimately, the U.S.'s policy must change to center the safety, health, and wellbeing of women and girls in conflict zones and to adhere to the principles outlined in the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda.Take Action First and foremost, be sure to read Jill Filipovic's piece, How US Abortion Politics Distorts Women's Lives in Conflict Zones, here. You can also follow Jill on Twitter. Be mindful of the organizations that you support or donate to and continue to research whether or not they support a full range of reproductive health and rights, including safe abortion. Support the show (https://www.reprosfightback.com/take-action#donate)

Conversations on the values we uphold - in front of many human rights violations and crises, moving forward, what are we truly standing up (or down) for? Join us in the last exploration of 2021, follow us on Instagram @womanhood_ir and support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/womanhoodir

Mina's List is a nonprofit seeking to build just and peaceful societies by advancing women's political leadership and participation globally. Tanya Henderson is the Founder and Executive Director, Teresa Casale is Mina's List's Advocacy Director, and Palwasha Hassan sits on the Board of Directors and is also a Founding Member of the Afghan Women's Network.   LINKS: Mina's List main website: https://www.minaslist.org/ Donate to Mina's List to help Afghan women refugees or women and girls inside Afghanistan: https://www.minaslist.org/donate Mina's List's Afghanistan Crisis Response: https://www.minaslist.org/what-we-do/afghanistan-crisis-response U.S. Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1141?r=51 UN Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: https://dppa.un.org/en/women-peace-and-security Edited and Produced by Nicole Gibson Music: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra

Marwa Azelmat is a Technology and Women's Rights Policy Consultant. In this episode, we explore the gaps and opportunities for women's digital inclusion in Africa's Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

Are percentages of women's representation in Foreign Affairs and International Security indicators of influence and power? Are we measuring gender equality in Women, Peace and Security agenda ONLY through state-centric views? Are we seeing the progress of the UNSC Resolution 1325 by international security standards or are we open to explore equally valid human security dimensions? A review of the latest #SHEcurity Index 2021. Join our next live events: Free Webinar Gender & International Relations 101 - November 3rd, 2021 RSVP Workshop Decolonialidad y las Relaciones Internacionales - November 6th, 2021 Support our crowdfunding campaign for our first podcast journal here! Listen to related episodes: 36. ACLED: An Interview With Dr. Roudabeh Kishi 81. Feminist Approaches to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 86. Chloé Meulewaeter on Global Military Spending & Demilitarization Efforts 87. Feminisms & International Security Recommended links of this episode: Download Report: #SHEcurity Index 2021 Read the Countries Database Here WATCH THE VIDEO: #SHEcurity - Launch of the 2021 Index

In this episode, Dr Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, former UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women discusses how the UN system, Member States and other parties at all levels work to uphold their commitments to implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. She shares her insights on the importance of political will in moving the needle on women's rights and the central role youth play in this.

In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry is joined by Dr. Carolyn Washington, Stephenie Foster, and Susan Markham to talk about the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in the U.S. This episode is part of a series funded by the U.S. Department of State that explores American security challenges. The opinions stated herein are those of the speakers and the host only, and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of State. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing Participants' Bio: Dr. Carolyn Washington is an adjunct professor in the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program where she teaches the “Women, Disasters and Conflict” Course. She holds a Bachelor Degree in History from Bennett College in Greensboro, NC; a Master's Degree in National Security Studies from the Naval Post-graduate School in Monterey, CA; a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from George Washington University; and a PhD in Global Gender Studies from SUNY Buffalo.   Stephenie Foster is a recognized voice in women's leadership and empowerment. She is currently a Partner at Smash Strategies, and is dedicated to advising businesses, foundations, and non-profit organizations on how to achieve better results by focusing on women's leadership and gender equality.    Susan Markham is a passionate advocate for gender equality and female empowerment speaking often about the essential role of women in politics and development. With experience in over 50 countries, she is a strategic leader who is appreciated for her energy, straight talk and insight, connecting academics, activists, implementers and ideas across sectors. Host Bio: Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry) Recording Date: 22 Jul 2021 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

In this first episode of Reset the Table, Ambassador Ertharin Cousin discusses the differences between today's global food security crisis and the 2007-2008 global food-price crisis, and ways global responses should differ accordingly. Ambassador Cousin addresses the rise of non-communicable diseases related to poor diets, the impacts of climate change on global food security, the rise of food insecurity in urban areas. Caitlin Welsh and Ambassador Cousin also discuss the ways food insecurity mirrors patterns of racial inequalities in the United States, the U.S. response to food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic, and what is required of a comprehensive global food security agenda that addresses these concurrent challenges.

How state-centric and masculine-dominated is the #womenpeacesecurity agenda? Why the “add women and stir” formula is a success and why are we failing to see #gender mainstreaming cannot work in structures that thrive on unequal power relations? Listen to related episodes: 11. Why Feminist Theory Matters in International Relations 23. Hegemonic Masculinity and Femininity in World Politics 38. Androcentric vs. Gynocentric View Of The World 44. Denormalizing the Concept of the “Statesman” 50. Postcolonial Feminism 101 - Which Women's Experiences Do We Know More About?

With the rapid conflict escalation between Russia and Ukraine, what's the status of women? How are feminist grassroots organizations addressing the heavy militarisation, fear and social insecurity? How multiple generations have dealt with individual & collective trauma in Soviet, post-Soviet and COVID-19 times? An interview with Sasha Kantser, board member and content manager of the Feminist Workshop. Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram @womanhood_ir and join our community in Patreon: www.patreon.com/womanhoodir Listen to related episodes: 36. ACLED: An Interview With Dr. Roudabeh Kishi 32. Voice Amplified: An Interview with Mendy Marsh and Chiderah Monde Recommended links to this episode: Feminist Workshop Website Feminist Workshop Facebook Feminist Workshop - FRIDA profile Ukraine WPS Facts - UN Women Ukraine Advancing Gender Equality UN Report Ukraine's WPS 2016 National Action Plan Ukraine Country Profile - PeaceWomen UN Women - Women, Peace and Security Agenda

In this second episode of the Alliance for Peacebuilding's (AfP) new podcast, Peace: We Build It!, AfP's Director of Policy and Advocacy, Megan Corrado, and Dr. Shirley Graham, Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs and Associate Professor with George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, sits down with our host Tanya Domi to discuss the progress of and challenges facing the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda 20 years after passage of the landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and how women's meaningful inclusion in peacebuilding is vital to international security and development. The episode also explores how implementation of the WPS Act can help the U.S. emerge as a “gender superpower”—exercised through a feminist foreign policy and commitment to the empowerment of women, gender minorities, and other marginalized populations.  Support the show (https://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/donate)

“I've been quite impressed by the wide diversity and complexity of young women's and men's engagement for peacebuilding and development often while confronting seemingly insurmountable challenges,” says Marisa O. Ensor, Adjunct Professor in the Justice and Peace Studies Program at Georgetown University, in this week’s Friday Podcast. In her new edited volume, “Securitizing Youth: Young People's Roles in the Global Peace and Security Agenda,” contributors cover a wide set of topics that impact youth, peace, and security, including violence, gender dynamics, social media, climate change, and forced displacement. Young people's position in society is shaped by a number of variables, like age, gender, ethnicity, and religion, says Ensor. This means that the experiences of young women are very different from those of their male counterparts. Yet, often the term “youth” tends to be equated with males. “The category of female youth is not even recognized in some parts of the world,” says Ensor. At the same time, she says, the term “gender” continues to be equated with women. “This remains highly problematic.” The number of youth today is larger than it has been at any other time in human history, but it is not evenly distributed across the globe. 600 million young people live in conflict-affected regions, and youth make up a majority of the population in the world's least developed countries. If one hopes to understand the situation on the ground in these countries, one absolutely needs to pay attention to the experiences of youth, says Ensor. It's also important to avoid essentializing youth, she says, because they don't constitute a monolithic or homogenous category any more than their older counterparts. “Pathways to peace can take many different forms in different parts of the world,” says Ensor. She’d like to see more investments and partnerships when it comes to young people’s inclusion in broader security and peacebuilding initiatives and dialogues. “We need to acknowledge the multiple barriers—structural and cultural barriers—that constrain young people's meaningful inclusion,” she says. Young people, even when they lack the experience, connections, or resources, still bring energy and enthusiasm and their particular kind of knowledge of the situation on the ground. “This must be recognized and valued with young people viewed as equal and essential partners.” Narratives on global youth remain saturated with concerns of youth as a threat and liability. In response to this, Ensor says, “We need to bear in mind that resilience is not the opposite of vulnerability.” Young women and men can be both vulnerable and resilient, often simultaneously, especially in the less developed, fragile contexts where the majority of them live, she says. “Policy and programming must be informed by these much more complex realities if they are to be inclusive and effective and sustainable.”

Deirdre is a Security Strategist, Gender Advisor and military veteran.She has also previously held the appointment of Chief Instructor in the United Nations Training School Ireland, and previously worked with the UN and NATO to progress the Women, Peace and Security Agenda internationally.Since retiring from the military in January 2020, Deirdre works with FACEBOOK as a Global Security Strategist and continues to provide consultancy services to organisations internationally.On the podcast today, Deirdre explains to us the difference between the gender pay gap and equal pay, how to create a diverse and inclusive workplace and she give us some great resources on how to get started.  Deirdre talks to us about the findings of the recent HRLocker survey on gender pay gap reporting… what companies are bound by law to report on it, and why every company, no matter what its size should do it. (free to download on HRLocker.com/freedownloads

Per Olsson Fridh is the Swedish State Secretary for International Development Corporation. In this episode, we talk about financing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa, and how governments might apply a feminist approach to their foreign policy.

Hanna Tetteh is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union. In this episode, we talk about the various levels of partnerships involved in achieving the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa. 

Anastasia Kapetas speaks to Peter Hartcher, political editor and international editor at the Sydney Morning Herald to unpack the United States elections and the developments since, including President Trump’s refusal to concede, the dismissal of Defence Secretary Mark Esper and the disinformation that continues to spread across social media. Michael Shoebridge speaks to David Uren, writer and non-resident fellow with the United States Studies Centre about his ASPI report ‘Economic coercion: Boycotts and sanctions-preferred weapons of war.’ They discuss the tool of economic sanctions, the ways they are used by the United States and the challenges that sanctions can create for businesses, including Australian companies. Lisa Sharland speaks to Deborah Warren-Smith, Manager of the Elsie Initiative with over twenty years’ experience in the military, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. They discuss the work the Elsie Initiative Fund is doing in the WPS space to increase the participation of uniformed women in UN peacekeeping operations. Mentioned in this episode: ASPI report ‘Economic coercion: boycotts and sanctions—preferred weapons of war’: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/economic-coercion-boycotts-and-sanctions-preferred-weapons-war The Elise Initiative Fund: https://elsiefund.org/ Guests: Anastasia Kapetas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/anastasia-kapetas Peter Hartcher: https://www.smh.com.au/by/peter-hartcher-hve0w Lisa Sharland: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/lisa-sharland Deborah Warren-Smith Michael Shoebridge: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/michael-shoebridge David Uren: https://www.ussc.edu.au/experts/david-uren Music: "Checkmate" by Nathan Moore - via the You Tube Audio Library. Election map: © Google 2020

This event is sponsored by The Institute of World Politics' IAFIE Student Chapter. About the book: When Joint Special Operations Command deployed Task Force 714 to Iraq in 2003, it faced an adversary unlike any it had previously encountered: al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). AQI's organization into multiple, independent networks and its application of Information Age technologies allowed it to wage war across a vast landscape. To meet this unique threat, TF 714 developed the intelligence capacity to operate inside those networks, and in the words of commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, USA (Ret.) “claw the guts out of AQI.” In Transforming US Intelligence for Irregular War, Richard H. Shultz Jr. provides a broad discussion of the role of intelligence in combatting nonstate militants and revisits this moment of innovation during the Iraq War, showing how the defense and intelligence communities can adapt to new and evolving foes. Shultz tells the story of how TF 714 partnered with US intelligence agencies to dismantle AQI's secret networks by eliminating many of its key leaders. He also reveals how TF 714 altered its methods and practices of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, and covert paramilitary operations to suppress AQI's growing insurgency and, ultimately, destroy its networked infrastructure.TF 714 remains an exemplar of successful organizational learning and adaptation in the midst of modern warfare. By examining its innovations, Shultz makes a compelling case for intelligence leading the way in future campaigns against nonstate armed groups. About the speaker: Richard H. Shultz, Jr. is the Lee E. Dirks Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He teaches graduate-level courses on various aspects of international security affairs to include: the role of force in international politics; internal conflict and irregular war; special operations strategies for responding to irregular warfare challenges; origins, conduct, and termination of war; intelligence and national security; and crisis management. At the Fletcher School he also is Director of the International Security Studies Program. The ISSP prepares U.S. and international graduate students for public and private sector careers in national and international security policy. Director responsibilities include management of courses and curriculum; conferences and workshops; senior-level speaker series; the military fellows program; crisis simulation exercises; fundraising. Currently, he is Senior Fellow at the U.S. Special Operations Command's Joint Special Operations University. Previously, in Washington, he served as director of research for the National Strategy Information Center from 2004-2012. In 2010 he completed with Roy Godson a major study focused on Adapting America's Security Paradigm and Security Agenda to meet the challenges posed by 21st Century armed groups and the states that support them. He also completed a study on Armed Groups and Irregular Warfare: Adapting Professional Military Education, a curricular guide for military educational institutions, among other publications and reports. He has served as a security consultant to various U.S. government departments and agencies concerned with national security affairs. For the last ten years that has included as a senior fellow to the Special Operations Command's Joint Special Operations University. As a senior fellow, he deploys abroad as a member of military education teams to teach courses on terrorism/counterterrorism, special operations integration, and asymmetric challenges to NATO to foreign military officers. This has included programs taught in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Kenya, Cameroon, each of the Baltic nations, and the NATO School in Germany.

Welcome to Episode 70 of Good Will Hunters from the Development Policy Centre. Today’s guest is Radhika Coomaraswamy. Radhika is a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and human rights advocate. She has held a range of appointments within the United Nations, including as Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict from 2006 to 2012, as lead author on a global study into Women, Peace and Security in 2014, and most recently as a Member in the United Nations Fact Finding Mission to Myanmar, following atrocities committed against the Rohinyga. Radhika was a keynote speaker at the recent Australasian Aid Conference hosted by the Development Policy Centre and The Asia Foundation on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, which we discuss in this episode. It was an incredibly powerful speech. You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6eQlF5MYUQ#t=26m20s Radhika and I talk about her experience growing up in Sri Lanka, including her reflections on having Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi as a family friend. We then talk about violence against women as a toxic expression of power, and how the continued use of gender based violence as part of conflict and war, has shaped the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. It’s a critical agenda, but Radhika argues that it is also one that needs reform. In her words, it needs to “get real”. Radhika has visited every war zone in recent history, and she reflects on her recent experiences in Myanmar, and her conversations with the Rohinyga. She also talks about the fears of the Buddhist population in Myanmar and attempts to decipher the social and cultural factors that enable a genocide. Ultimately, this episode gets to the heart of fear, oppression and intolerance and how it impacts on the safety and security of all people but especially women. Enjoy, The GWH Team

Eleanor Nwadinobi, MBBS, EMA, FAAC, Nigeria, is an independent gender, health, women's rights, and women, peace, and security consultant. She has worked on a wide range of issues including child trafficking, girls education, peace building, and violence prevention with the African Union, ECOWAS, UNICEF, the World Bank and others. Eleanor oversaw the women, peace and security networks that conducted advocacy on the Nigerian National Action plan, including special initiatives around widows and persons with disabilities in conflict-prone environments. The network actively advocated for the release of the 200 Chibok girls abducted by insurgents. More recently, Eleanor facilitated support for passage of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition act in Nigeria. Eleanor has presented numerous papers on women's rights and security, most recently “Achieving Economic Empowerment and the Women Peace and Security Agenda” at the 2018 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women conference. Eleanor is president of Widows Development Organisation and president-elect nominee of the Medical Women's International Association, a global association for women physicians. Eleanor joined the Every Woman Treaty Working Group in 2016 and served on the Expert Special Committee Life Stages. She speaks here with FiLiA's Julian Norman.Please look at the Every Woman Treaty website and sign the treaty! Check out the call to action: https://everywoman.org/the-peoples-treaty/. Find Every Woman Treaty:@EveryWomanTreaty  on Facebook@WomanTreaty on Twitter Everywomantreaty on InstagramUse #isigned to share posts/tweets related to the Treaty

Eleanor Nwadinobi, MBBS, EMA, FAAC, Nigeria, is an independent gender, health, women’s rights, and women, peace, and security consultant. She has worked on a wide range of issues including child trafficking, girls education, peace building, and violence prevention with the African Union, ECOWAS, UNICEF, the World Bank and others. Eleanor oversaw the women, peace and security networks that conducted advocacy on the Nigerian National Action plan, including special initiatives around widows and persons with disabilities in conflict-prone environments. The network actively advocated for the release of the 200 Chibok girls abducted by insurgents. More recently, Eleanor facilitated support for passage of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition act in Nigeria. Eleanor has presented numerous papers on women’s rights and security, most recently “Achieving Economic Empowerment and the Women Peace and Security Agenda” at the 2018 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women conference. Eleanor is president of Widows Development Organisation and president-elect nominee of the Medical Women’s International Association, a global association for women physicians. Eleanor joined the Every Woman Treaty Working Group in 2016 and served on the Expert Special Committee Life Stages. She speaks here with FiLiA’s Julian Norman.Please look at the Every Woman Treaty website and sign the call to action: https://everywoman.org/the-peoples-treaty/.Find Every Woman Treaty at:@EveryWomanTreaty (Facebook)@WomanTreaty (Twitter)Everywomantreaty (Instagram)Use #isigned to share posts/tweets related to the Treaty

Date of publication: 26/10/2018 Description: Since the year 2000, the UN Security Council has adopted 8 resolutions which make up what is known as the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. These resolutions work to promote gender equality and strengthen women’s rights, protections, and participation in mending conflict-torn societies. The first of these historic UNSC resolutions, 1325, provides a political framework that outlines how women and gender perspectives are crucial for negotiating sustainable peace, planning refugee camps, implementing peacekeeping operations, and recovering conflict-torn societies. The advent of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda has been followed by a growing emphasis on the need to ‘mainstream’ gender into the institutions that govern and practice war and conflict management. Additionally, universities are seen to be increasingly incorporating more feminist teaching, courses and programmes on gender and Int’l relations in response to student demand. As the need for gender education and perspectives are increasingly emphasized and understood in the realm of conflict and security, how are military and academic institutions following through on the need to diversify training and teaching practices? To help us delve into this question, we are first going to hear from Dr. Hannah Partis-Jennings, Lecturer at Loughborough University, and Dr. Katharine Wright, Lecturer at Newcastle University, who I interviewed the day before they co-convened a BISA Gendering IR Working Group workshop at KCL titled, Training, Teaching and Learning Gender in War and Militarism. Then, to conclude this podcast, we are going to welcome Dr. Amanda Chisolm who is a new Senior Lecturer and the Diversity and Inclusion lead in the School of Security Studies at KCL for a discussion on the importance of teaching and learning on gender in the context of Security Studies. _________________________ This podcast was produced by Kirk Allen.

The opening of China's first overseas military base located in Djibouti is the most visible example of China's expanded security interests in Africa. However, behind the scenes, Chinese officials are moving to expand their relationships with African militaries across the continent.   Earlier this summer, 50 African military leaders spent two weeks in Beijing to attend the inaugural China-Africa Defense and Security Forum. The event was organized by the Chinese government in preparation for the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) leaders summit that will take place in Beijing in September.    Wake Forest University China-Africa scholar Lina Benabdallah is among a growing number of experts who are carefully monitoring China's rapidly evolving security ties in Africa. Lina joins Eric & Cobus to talk about how China's military strategy in Africa differs so much from that of the United States and why she thinks African militaries are increasingly eager to work with their counterparts in the People's Liberation Army.   Join the discussion. What do you think of China's expanded military presence in Africa? Are you happy to hear that Beijing is stepping up its contribution to multinational peacekeeping on the continent or worried that yet another foreign power's armies will misbehave in Africa? Let us know what you think.   Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadeneseque | @LBenabdallah Email: eric@chinaafricaproject.com   Read Lina's Washington Post column: China-Africa military ties have deepened. Here are 4 things to know.   Be sure to join our weekly email newsletter mailing list for a carefully curated selection of the week's top China-Africa news. Sign up here.

Republicans will likely get crushed at the polls and have no narrative to counter Democrat enthusiasm. History has shown that by being the party of safety and security, they always succeed. Imagine if Republicans would magnify Trump’s message on these issues and be strong on criminal justice, immigration, and drugs and prioritize true national security threats, such as Iran/Hezbollah in our hemisphere rather than Syria and Afghanistan? We begin by showing how Republicans are passing a terrible jailbreak bill that would make Michael Dukakis proud and betrays the Reagan view on criminal justice. It is the exact opposite of where they should head.  We then discuss the need for a new Monroe doctrine and to harness our military, diplomatic tools, and intelligence assets to fight Iran and Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere instead of focusing so much on tribal civil wars in the Middle East that don’t affect us. A true message of safety and security would resonate with the public. Now we just need a party to promote it.  Show links 6 observations from Tuesday’s elections Backwards and aimless priorities in the defense bill The border crisis poses an existential threat     Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Thiis-Evensen meets Dr Claire Duncanson, a senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, who talks about her studies of military masculinities, and the importance of looking at the political economy of building peace.  TRANSCRIPT Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Hey, my name is Andrea Thiis-Evensen, and welcome to Peace and Gender, a podcast about the people behind the research on gender, peace, and security. Who are they and why do they research these issues? Claire Duncanson: You know, there is a real temptation to talk about women as being an alternative to men. The kind of idea, oh, well if women were in charge then we wouldn't have so many wars. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: In this episode, you will meet Claire Duncanson. Claire Duncanson:  I'm visiting here from the University of Edinburgh. I am a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Today, Claire will be talking about her studies on masculinities in British militaries and her focus on women and the political economy of building peace. In this episode, I am trying to figure out if there is a link between peace and gender. [Music playing] Claire started with a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and History. Then she did a Master in Peace Studies. After this, she started thinking about her PhD. Claire Duncanson: I knew I wanted to combine my interests in gender and feminism with international development, human rights and international politics. I suppose initially I was thinking I would do something about the impact of international interventions, war, humanitarian intervention on women. But at the same time, I was aware that the world didn't necessarily need another white middle-class feminist going into war zones to try and tell that story. There were lots. So, at the time - this was early-2000s - there were lots of the so-called new wars from the 1990s, lots of researching coming out of them about the gendered aspects but written by feminists from those parts of the world, which made more sense to me. So, I thought rather than do that, I would try and focus on the masculinities of those who were doing the intervention. You know, the masculinities of the interveners. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Claire decided to study changing masculinities in the British military. Claire Duncanson: So, I was particularly interested in the question of whether militarised masculinities change when militaries and their operational environment changes. So, as militaries turn to focus, as many have, onto peace operations, peace support, humanitarian intervention, then what kind of impact does that have on militarised masculinities? Because for a long time the archetypal military masculinity has been associated with combat and force, the idea that war makes men and men make war. That has been thought to be one of the factors that have enabled recruitment of men to the military. You know, it's a chance to prove your toughness and your manhood. So, I was really - yeah, in my work on the British military, in particular, it was really interesting, I think, that when you - so I did some interviews, some focus groups, but also spent a lot of time reading the autobiographies of British soldiers and military doctrine and training material. It seemed to me that when militaries are focused more on peace support in some ways soldiers find that very frustrating and emasculating. It's like this isn't why we joined up. We wanted to be the tough guys and yet we're tasked with doing this peace support stuff. Quite a lot of explicit reflection on how this was emasculating. At the same time, that wasn't the only discourse you can see. You could also see a discourse where soldiers and the British military, in general, were constructing peacekeeping or peacebuilding as manly activity in the sense that anyone could be the tough guy but actually, it takes a real superior masculinity to be good at this peace support stuff. You need to be touch but also show restraint. You need to also have the kind of intelligence and communication skills, so it involves a bigger range of skills. I think in those defences of the peacekeeping role you saw this attempt to carve out maybe a superior military masculinity. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Claire argued that military masculinities have changed over the years and a new form of hegemonic masculinity has been created called the peace-builder masculinity. But this new emerging peace-builder masculinity that may sound very progressive brought with it some problems. Claire Duncanson: Sometimes in the construction of this peacekeeper masculinity or peace-builder masculinity there are other problems because what tends - what you tend to notice is that those masculinities are constructed by subordinating the masculinities of other men. So, the western peacekeeping masculinity is advanced and civilised and humanitarian, the bearer of these civilizational goods because the Iraqi or Afghan or Balkan warlord is a - resembles the traditional masculinity of the kind of barbaric hoards that don't know how to control their emotions. They only know how to fight. So, although there is - so, there is this tension. Although in some ways it seemed like this is quite progressive, this peace-builder masculinity, on the other hand, it's constructed through a kind of neo-colonial, racist discourse that really is problematic. So, that was my main finding in the research on military masculinity. Yeah, complicated. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: So, why is it important to study militaries and masculinities? Claire Duncanson: The traditional military masculinities - I think lots of feminists have been correct to point out that this has been one of the underpinning dynamics that makes war more likely. So, the perpetuation of the war system is caused by this mutually reinforcing dynamic between militarism and masculinity. So, it's really crucial that feminists pay attention to gender, the gender order that underpins war and militarism. So, that's why initially I was excited by evidence that, yeah, we are seeing a change in military masculinities. You know, that's, as you say, what you might think would be progressive. Yet the situation is a lot more complex than that. Like so much with feminism, it's a case of with every step forward, potentially there is backlash and there is complexity and it's very - you know, progress doesn't happen in that linear way. But that doesn't mean we need to always be sceptical or pessimistic because I think as well as the - finding that, yes, often a peace-builder masculinity would be constructed in relation to a subordinate hypermasculine, belligerent, backward other, I think there are also cases where you see masculinities being constructed in ways that maybe are more progressive. I guess the general answer is that you need to pay attention to shifts in the gender order, shifts in the constructions of masculinity and femininity, because traditionally they have been so important in perpetuating militarism and violence and war. [Music playing] Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Listening to Claire talk about her studies on gender and militaries, I started thinking about my own experience as a woman trying out for the military myself when I was 18. I was met with a lot of stereotypical comments such as why would you try out for the military, you're a girl. Or do you think you are strong enough to be in the military? So, although we have come a long way, there are still a lot of stereotypes surrounding genders and militaries. But is there a link between peace and gender? Claire Duncanson: So, I don't think there is a natural connection between women and peace. There is nothing inherent or innate to women that makes them more peaceful. You know, there is a real temptation to talk about women as being an alternative to men. The kind of idea, oh, well if women were in charge then we wouldn't have so many wars. But it's actually probably not that helpful because it reinforces those stereotypes that women are innately more peaceful, that women are inherently more likely to compromise, and so on and so forth, that it actually can undermine women's ability to be taken seriously in public life. So, that's one problem. But even, I suppose, phrasing it as there is a connection between gender equality and peace can be problematic because, I guess, there are lots of different definitions of gender equality and we see a fair bit of research that tries to prove this kind of causal connection between - if a society is more gender equal then it will be more peaceful. But it's quite hard to prove these causal connections because what is the measure you're going to use for gender equality and what is the definition you are going to use for peace? You know, those - the research that draws those conclusions, I think, is useful but I don’t think it's all that feminists should be focused on because we can't always reduce gender equality and peace to the kind of hard and fast definitions that make it possible to prove causal connections. Andrea Thiis-Evensen:  Claire argued that there have been changes in the diversity of militaries over the last years when it comes to women and LGBTQI people. But once again, with positive progressive changes, new problems come to light. Claire Duncanson: I can say some things, I suppose, about the question and the debate of whether, with the increase of more women in the military and with changing policies around diversity, around equal opportunity, around inclusion - not just of women but of LGBT personnel - that there are definitely changes. But, as I was saying before in the context of something else, those changes are not linear. You know, you are not seeing an uncomplicated tale of progress. Certainly, in militaries like the US and the UK, where you've seen the lifting of the combat exclusion and you have seen a whole bunch of policies around recruitment, retention - so efforts to make lives better for military women - that the results of that are hugely complex because we don't tend to see a drop in rates of sexual harassment and violence. So, that indicates either that the climate is changing such that women are able to report those things, so that might be one explanation, or - and I think probably both these things are true - you are also seeing a backlash. As you see things get better for women in the military in some ways, you are also then getting the reaction of those who are having their privilege disrupted. So, you're seeing a violent backlash as well. There is definitely change happening, but whether one could say we're seeing real progress towards militaries being a happy and fulfilling career option for women and LGBT personnel, it's not as simple as that. Yeah. Andrea: Claire's focus has shifted from masculinities to a different issue regarding gender and war, which is women's economic empowerment. Claire Duncanson: I think, as I mentioned, the Women, Peace and Security Agenda is hugely inspiring and there has been so much positive about it, but the focus has very much been on the protection of women and girls in armed conflict from egregious crimes, particularly sexual violence. There has been secondary attention to trying to increase the participation of women in peace processes. These two things are massively important, but it seemed to me that that meant there were huge questions that were being ignored or marginalised in the agenda because, obviously, sexual violence isn't the only harm that can be done to women in war. Sometimes, when people have spoken to women in war zones they might talk about the fact that they have lost their livelihood, that they have lost their shelter, that their children have been taken from them, that they have lost their husband - there are so many gendered harms in war. I am particularly interested in the material dimension. In the way that it's often women's economic security that has been jeopardised and undermined. How it's that poverty and exclusion that can be just so devastating. Because that's so mundane, in some ways, it's not so exciting an issue to focus on. It's not as dramatic to talk about lack of access to food, lack of access to water, but these are the really gruelling things that make life impossible. So, I am really interested in how we can construct, in the post-war context, economies that would make life - that would work for women and for all, instead of an economic model that really just increases the wealth and power of the one per cent at the expense of the 99. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: As I have mentioned in previous episodes, many people have a life project in their academic world, and so does Claire. Claire Duncanson: My academic life project would be to try and relink the feminists who focus on international security with feminists that focus on political economy because I think it was one of the inspiring things about feminist international relations, when the first scholars started carving out this field of feminist international relations, was seeing them as being interconnected. Seeing security as having to involve economic security as well as physical security. So, to me, it's a shame that those fields have become somewhat separated. I don't want to exaggerate that, but somewhat separated, such that feminists interested in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda don't often pay attention to economics, and feminists who are interested in, for example, the global financial crisis, don't always pay attention to conflict-affected areas. So, trying to bring those back together, I think, is really important if we're to see social justice and improvement in the prosperity and security of women. [Music playing] Andrea Thiis-Evensen: That was Claire Duncanson. Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Peace and Gender. My name is Andrea Thiis-Evenson and this podcast was produced for Monash Gender, Peace and Security and Mojo News. Music: "Solitude" by Broke for free –  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License Artwork: Shayla Rance    

The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law and a revised and expanded version of the lectures is usually published in the Hersch Lauterpacht Lecture Series by Cambridge University Press. The lecture comprises three parts, delivered on consecutive evenings, followed by a Q&A session on the fourth day. The 2016 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture series, entitled 'International Law and Women, Peace and Security' was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, by Professor Christine Chinkin, Emerita Professor in International Law and Director of the Centre for Women Peace and Security at the London School of Economics, from Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 October 2016. This part, entitled 'What is the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Under International Law?' is the first of the three lectures given.

Refocusing Canada’s International Security Agenda, a Policy Options Podcast. This week, we spoke with James Fergusson, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba, about the changing international security landscape and how it affects Canada. We look at the lessons from Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan, our relationship with NATO, and whether Canada is equipped to deal with the threats it faces. Download for free. New episodes every second Tuesday. To find out about James Fergusson and Francis Furtado’s recent book Beyond Afghanistan: An International Security Agenda for Canada, please visit http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299175195

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