05 Book Review- Gender, Conflict and Peacekeeping

Abstract

With regards to the causes and consequences of armed conflict, peacekeeping and post conflict reconstruction Gender, Conflict, and Peacekeeping focuses on the ways that gender is a central factor in shaping international policies. Gender relations shape the ways in which women engage in, are affected by, and seek to resolve conflict. This includes ‘the ideology and practice of gender mainstreaming in peace support and peacekeeping operations within the United Nations as well as the constraints that underpin the lack of progress in this process’ (Raven-Roberts, pp. 43-44).