1st Edition
Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping Fact or Fiction?
1.Introduction
2. Legal and Policy Frameworks for Peace Operations
3. UNSCR 1325: 2000-2021 – An Expression of Feminist Politics and Achievements and Impediments to Implementation
4. Case Studies – Gender in Practice
5. Mali – Increase in Women’s Participation Brings a More Sustainable Peace
6. Lebanon – UN Support Instrumental in Helping to Close the Political Gender Gap
7. Timor-Leste - Lasting Gender Equality Gains as an End Result of UN Mission Presence
8. Interview Evidence
9. Conclusions
Appendix 1: Summary of Interviews
Appendix 2: Final Interview Questions
Biography
Dr. Sally Anne Corcoran served the UN from 1994 to 2011 in the human rights, political, legal and gender areas. 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 policies.
'Dr. Corcoran effectively argues that gender equality in peacekeeping is essential for the achievement of the optimal capability and efficiency of UN operations. She approaches the subject from a quintessentially practical perspective having served in the UN for about 18 years, in three peacekeeping operations.'
Bertrand Ramcharan, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
'Dr. Corcoran has consolidated the factors which have compromised the advancement of gender equality in her book. Her experience as a practitioner places her in a unique position to have conducted this research. For those genuinely interested in furthering the goals of UNSCR 1325, this book clearly identifies the issues surrounding its slow progress and in doing so provides an insight into how it can be progressed in a more meaningful way.'
Major General Ret'd. Maureen O’Brien, retired member of the Irish Defense Forces with 8 UN deployments
