The UN Security Council and gender in health emergencies
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12348759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Harman (0000-0001-5708-280X, Queen Mary University, London, UK, corresponding author), Clare Wenham (0000-0001-5378-3203, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-26 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal Of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-7718 • E-ISSN: 1465-332X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10357718.2021.2017839 |
| OpenAlex | W4210334991 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Operative paragraph 7 of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2532 (2020) acknowledges ‘the critical role that women are playing in the COVID-19 response efforts’, the ‘disproportionate negative impact the pandemic is having on women and girls’, and ‘calls for concrete actions to minimise this impact and ensure the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and youth in the development and implementation of an adequate and sustainable response to the pandemic’. This Resolution is clear in its language: states must recognise and respond to the gendered effects of the pandemic. The adoption of Resolution 2532 and subsequently 2565 (2021) is an important opportunity to further integrate health emergencies and UNSC’s Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. The language is deliberate: it offers global health a set of mechanisms on how to integrate gender into complex crises and, in turn, offers WPS a chance to engage with health and pandemics as a security challenge for women and girls. However, as previous health emergencies and the WPS agenda show us, Resolutions are not a panacea: they are political compromises often riddled with contradictions and are dependent on states and the international community to implement them
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Health security · Panacea (medicine · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Public health · Public relations · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Security and Public Health · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration
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The internationalization of security sector gender reforms in post-conflict countries
Ebola, gender and conspicuously invisible women in global health governance
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HIV/Aids and securitization theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |