Aroussi, S orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-5214 (2021) Strange Bedfellows: Interrogating the Unintended Consequences of Integrating Countering Violent Extremism with the UN's Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Kenya. Politics & Gender, 17 (4). pp. 665-695. ISSN 1743-923X
Abstract
In October 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2242 calling on member states to work toward the greater integration of the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda with efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism. While the rapprochement between counterterrorism and WPS may appear to be a step forward, particularly for those seeking to increase women's participation in areas traditionally dominated by men, it is also potentially dangerous. This article makes a significant contribution to the larger debate on the WPS agenda by studying the impact and unintended consequences of linking WPS with countering violent extremism on the ground in Kenya. Based on original research in the field, including key informant interviews, I argue that in the Kenyan context, connecting WPS with violent extremism has had several damaging consequences for women and their communities. Far from advancing the WPS agenda, this new policy shift has caused tension between local and international priorities, precipitated the redirection of donor funding away from important gender initiatives and toward countering violent extremism, and resulted in women's additional stigmatization, insecurity, and exclusion.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association. This article has been published in a revised form in Politics & Gender [ https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X20000124]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. |
Keywords: | Women, peace, and security, gender, violent extremism, Kenya, Al-Shabaab |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2020 15:27 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2022 14:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/s1743923x20000124 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:165408 |