Aiko Holvikivi
Biographic Data
| ID | 364360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aiko Holvikivi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Holvikivi |
| SIGNATURE | HOLVIKIVI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7901-1105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Response to Karie Cross Riddle’s Review of Fixing Gender
An ‘ironic compromise
Migrant and refugee activists as security agents
This article examines how refugee and other migrant women resettled in Europe influence security governance and knowledge in European governments and at the United Nations. We document migrant women’s activism and collaboration with policymakers in relation to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, a global assemblage of policy, legislation and advocacy grown out of women’s activism at the United Nations Security Council. We argue that this framew…
Contending with Paradox
State institutions and agencies of global governance increasingly speak the language of feminist concepts. The institutionalization of gender mainstreaming, the adoption of gender policies, the appointment of gender advisors, and the provision of gender training are key ways in which the term gender is taken up by powerful institutions. While some observers see this as an important step toward feminist transformation, critical feminist theorizing…
Training the Troops on Gender
Over the past two decades, the international Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has established a commitment to increase the participation of women in matters of peace and security, to ensure the protection of women's rights, and to include gender perspectives in conflict prevention. The WPS agenda foresees a number of measures to make peacekeeping more gender-responsive, including training uniformed peacekeepers on gender. These policy commi…
Women, Peace and Security after Europe's ‘refugee crisis’
Since its inception in 2000, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has conceptualised the conflict-affected woman as a subject worthy of international attention, protection, and inclusion. In the wake of Europe's ‘refugee crisis’, this article examines how the remit of WPS has broadened from women in conflict zones to refugees in Europe's borderlands. A minority of European states now attend, in their WPS policy, to these conflict-affected w…
Gender experts and critical friends
Research on gender expertise is often conducted from relations of proximity between academics and gender experts, raising familiar feminist methodological questions about the researcher–researched relationship. In this article, I take up the suggestion that such relationships should be guided by the principles of ‘critical friendship’. I argue that critical friendship should be understood as a two-way relationship that creates space to negotiate …
Women and War—Gendered Engagements
Give women equal rights, and entire nations are more stable and secure. Deny women equal rights and the instability of nations is almost certain ...The subjugation of women is, therefore, a threat to
Gender experts and critical friends
Research on gender expertise is often conducted from relations of proximity between academics and gender experts, raising familiar feminist methodological questions about the researcher–researched relationship. In this article, I take up the suggestion that such relationships should be guided by the principles of ‘critical friendship’. I argue that critical friendship should be understood as a two-way relationship that creates space to negotiate …
Women, Peace and Security after Europe's ‘refugee crisis’
Since its inception in 2000, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has conceptualised the conflict-affected woman as a subject worthy of international attention, protection, and inclusion. In the wake of Europe's ‘refugee crisis’, this article examines how the remit of WPS has broadened from women in conflict zones to refugees in Europe's borderlands. A minority of European states now attend, in their WPS policy, to these conflict-affected w…
Training the Troops on Gender
Over the past two decades, the international Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has established a commitment to increase the participation of women in matters of peace and security, to ensure the protection of women's rights, and to include gender perspectives in conflict prevention. The WPS agenda foresees a number of measures to make peacekeeping more gender-responsive, including training uniformed peacekeepers on gender. These policy commi…
Contending with Paradox
State institutions and agencies of global governance increasingly speak the language of feminist concepts. The institutionalization of gender mainstreaming, the adoption of gender policies, the appointment of gender advisors, and the provision of gender training are key ways in which the term gender is taken up by powerful institutions. While some observers see this as an important step toward feminist transformation, critical feminist theorizing…
An ‘ironic compromise
Women and War—Gendered Engagements
Give women equal rights, and entire nations are more stable and secure. Deny women equal rights and the instability of nations is almost certain ...The subjugation of women is, therefore, a threat to
Gender experts and critical friends
Research on gender expertise is often conducted from relations of proximity between academics and gender experts, raising familiar feminist methodological questions about the researcher–researched relationship. In this article, I take up the suggestion that such relationships should be guided by the principles of ‘critical friendship’. I argue that critical friendship should be understood as a two-way relationship that creates space to negotiate …
Women, Peace and Security after Europe's ‘refugee crisis’
Since its inception in 2000, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has conceptualised the conflict-affected woman as a subject worthy of international attention, protection, and inclusion. In the wake of Europe's ‘refugee crisis’, this article examines how the remit of WPS has broadened from women in conflict zones to refugees in Europe's borderlands. A minority of European states now attend, in their WPS policy, to these conflict-affected w…
Training the Troops on Gender
Over the past two decades, the international Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has established a commitment to increase the participation of women in matters of peace and security, to ensure the protection of women's rights, and to include gender perspectives in conflict prevention. The WPS agenda foresees a number of measures to make peacekeeping more gender-responsive, including training uniformed peacekeepers on gender. These policy commi…
Migrant and refugee activists as security agents
This article examines how refugee and other migrant women resettled in Europe influence security governance and knowledge in European governments and at the United Nations. We document migrant women’s activism and collaboration with policymakers in relation to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, a global assemblage of policy, legislation and advocacy grown out of women’s activism at the United Nations Security Council. We argue that this framew…
Contending with Paradox
State institutions and agencies of global governance increasingly speak the language of feminist concepts. The institutionalization of gender mainstreaming, the adoption of gender policies, the appointment of gender advisors, and the provision of gender training are key ways in which the term gender is taken up by powerful institutions. While some observers see this as an important step toward feminist transformation, critical feminist theorizing…
Response to Karie Cross Riddle’s Review of Fixing Gender
An ‘ironic compromise
Gender Studies (6 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)