THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY – SARA E DAVIES

Passed in 2000, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the subsequent seven resolutions form the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. This agenda is a significant international normative and policy framework that addresses the gender‑specific impacts of conflict on women and girls, including protection against sexual and gender‑based violence, promotion of women’s participation in peace and security processes, and support for women’s roles as peacebuilders in the prevention of conflict and the rebuilding of societies after conflict. Implementation within and across states, international organisations, and peace and security operations has been slow despite substantial transnational advocacy in support of the WPS agenda.

The *Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security* brings together scholars, advocates, and policymakers to provide an overview of what works to promote women’s participation in peace and security, protect women and girls from sexual and gender‑based violence and other human‑rights violations, and prevent conflict by drawing on women’s experiences and knowledge of building peace from local to global levels. It also addresses gaps in knowledge and the future direction of scholarship on WPS, building on findings from the 2015 Global Study of Resolution 1325 commissioned by the UN Secretary‑General. Over six sections, the handbook covers the concepts and early history of WPS; the theory and practice of WPS; international institutions involved with the agenda; implementation of WPS in conflict prevention, peace operations, peacebuilding, arms control, human‑rights protection, and civilian protection; connections between WPS and other UN resolutions and agendas; and ongoing and future challenges.

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