Deploying the Best: Enhancing Training for United Nations Peacekeepers   This article, written by Albert Cutillo in 2013, details the ways to help improve the quality of police and military capabilities for peacekeeping through outlined strategies. As a former Senior Continue reading →

Women and Peace and Security: Guidelines for National Implementation   Written in 2011, this article outlines the guidelines for worldwide governmental bodies to follow in order to maintain peace and security while creating gender equality. The author, Natalia Zakhavora, wrote Continue reading →

Kenya National Action Plan for the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and Related Resolutions   As another National Action Plan summary, this article provides the planning, implementation policies, and promotion strategies of the Kenyan NAP (KNAP). Written Continue reading →

Mainstreaming Gender in UN Security Policy: A Path to Political Transformation?   This article, written in 2008, is highly relevant and emphasizes important facts about and policies supported by the United Nations’ Security Council. The author, Boston Consortium Fellow Carol Continue reading →

Dear Reader,   Fighting for gender equality is fighting for human equality. Gender equality is most commonly seen as a women’s issue but actually impacts groups across the gender spectrum. The goal of gender equality is to create equal access Continue reading →

Peace and Security: Table of Contents Letter to the Reader: Maya Kota Creating Inclusive Resolutions National Action Plans Implementing New Policies Gender-Focused Training

Gender Differences In Leadership Styles And The Impact Within Corporate Boards The diverse backgrounds of the authors of this paper help shape the paper into one with multiple perspectives, issues, situations, and solutions. This paper examines the positive contributions women Continue reading →

Dear Reader, Your engagement in conversations around gender equality is critical and sets the tone for the discussion that many like to avoid. Due to certain cultural norms that are present worldwide, gender inequality is normalized and expected. For centuries, Continue reading →

“Human Trafficking — Stop the Silence” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSum6Xe64C4 “Violence against women—it’s a men’s issue” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvSfeCRxe8 “Saying “No” to Gender-Based Violence in Kenya” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaHy3Rml7WM “How One Teen Said No to Gender-Based Violence” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFHv1UqVUU

Nepal’s Slave Girls Although slavery has been “abolished” in Nepal, the young daughters of indebted men called “Kamlaris” are still taken and kept as slaves. They come from an indigenous group, called Tharu. This community was stripped of their land Continue reading →