1st Edition

Gendering Peace UN Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste

By Sarah Smith Copyright 2019
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

In 1999, after 24-years of violent military occupation by Indonesian forces, the small country of Timor-Leste became host to one of the largest UN peace operations. The operation rested on a liberal paradigm of statehood, including nascent ideas on gender in peacebuilding processes. This book provides a critical feminist examination of the form and function of a gendered peace in Timor-Leste.... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Women Resisting, Women Organising  3. Participating Women  4. Protected Women  5. Still Resisting, Still Organising  6. From Liberal to Post-Liberal Peace: What’s Gender Got to do with It?  Conclusion

Biography

Sarah Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor in Gender Studies at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Her work has been published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs, Global Change, Peace and Security, E-International Relations and Manchester University Press.