Local Action Plans have the potential to ignite lasting, creative, and meaningful change at the community-level.
Analysis
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What happened to the pandemic being a catalyst for peaceful processes?
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Taking victimhood seriously requires moving away from a view of it as always synonymous with vulnerability or lack of agency, or as entirely reduced to the experience of victimization.
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WPS practitioners and policymakers have real concerns about the ways in which P/CVE policies could harm women.
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While it is true that women make up of the majority of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) victims, the widely accepted definition is narrow and often excludes other types of gender-based violence.
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The prospects for UN peacekeeping—indeed of peace operations—are inseparable from those of the UN as an organization.
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There has been an increase in UN agency discourse on gender, conflict, and climate. However, these concepts are still treated as discreet phenomenon in practice.
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Less discussed in WPS is the connection between the economic empowerment of women and security.
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Twenty years after UN Security Council resolution 1325, it is time for a truly inclusive WPS agenda.
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Taboos and stigmas continue to form key barriers to achieve equal opportunity in UN peace operations.
