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Reevaluating Peacekeeping Effectiveness: Does Gender Neutrality Inhibit Progress?

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  • Sabrina Karim

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Since the adoption of UNSCR 1325, more female peacekeepers are participating in peacekeeping missions than ever before. Nevertheless, the current literature on peacekeeping effectiveness is largely gender neutral, discounting the unique role female peacekeepers may play in peacekeeping operations. This article addresses this missing piece in the literature by assessing how female peacekeepers and locals view the role of women in peacekeeping operations. Using interviews and focus groups conducted with peacekeepers in the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and original surveys conducted in Liberian communities, it finds that there is an “access gap” that prevents female peacekeepers from fully contributing to the mission’s operations and therefore prevents the peacekeeping mission from reaching its full potential. The findings have broader implications for how to improve peacekeeping missions’ effectiveness moving forward.

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  • Sabrina Karim, 2017. "Reevaluating Peacekeeping Effectiveness: Does Gender Neutrality Inhibit Progress?," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(5), pages 822-847, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ginixx:v:43:y:2017:i:5:p:822-847
    DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2017.1231113
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    1. Marius Mehrl, 2023. "Female combatants and rebel group behaviour: Evidence from Nepal," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 40(3), pages 260-280, May.

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