Paper details

Paper authors	Europan Institute of Peace
In panel on	Is the Humanitarian Subject Shifting? Rethinking Southern Leadership in Humanitarian Aid (Roundtable)
Paper presenter(s) will be presenting	In-Person & Online

Abstract

25 years after UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda faces erosion of political space, funding and gains. Drawing on case studies from Ethiopia, Sudan and Myanmar, this research identifies five persistent barriers to women's meaningful participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding and analyses 12 promising practices through a feminist lens. Our findings reveal that many well-intentioned WPS efforts fail because they reform rather than transform existing systems. Yet, it also highlights the potential of locally-led grassroots efforts towards transformative change from the inside. We propose bold adaptations including men working in solidarity, gender-responsive human security, mainstreamed WPS integration, meaningful quotas and radical reparative funding for feminist organisations. The international community must choose: accept continued erosion or embrace the transformative vision women peacebuilders have long articulated.

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