Openings for peace : women and security in India and "1325" / edited by Asha Hans, Swarna Rajagopalan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hans, Asha, editor.

Rajagopalan, Swarna, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and human security--India.

Women and human security.

Women and peace--India.

Women and peace.

India.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE Publications India, 2016.

Summary:

This is one of the first crucial discussions on what can be adapted and implemented in the United Nations Security Council's Resolution 1325 on women, peace, security (WPS) and militarization in the Indian context. It examines cases that reveal the expanded context of conflict and insecurity, showing the possible relevance and limitations of the UN Resolution as a tool for social and policy change in India. Being comprehensive in approach, the book links discussions on the WPS resolutions (1325 and its successors) with militarism and explores the relevance of the latter in settings that are not deemed as 'conflict'. It deliberates the result of militarization and engendered conflict in the Indian states and also discusses Indian peacekeeping operations, which are an important part of India's international engagement. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Openings for Peace: An Introduction to the Volume / Swarna Rajagopalan Rajagopalan, Swarna 1

Chapter 2 The 1325 Resolutions: From Thought to Action / Swarna Rajagopalan Rajagopalan, Swarna 8

Chapter 3 Civil Society Actors and the Implementation of Resolution 1325 in India / Soumita Basu Basu, Soumita 33

Chapter 4 Advancing the Women, Peace and State Reconstruction Agenda: 1325 Plus / Anuradha M. Chenoy Chenoy, Anuradha M. 51

Chapter 5 Security Laws in India with Special Reference to AFSPA: A Gendered Perspective / Amrita Patel Patel, Amrita 87

Chapter 6 Rights of the People Versus Rights of the State: Jammu and Kashmir / Ritu Dewan Dewan, Ritu 119

Chapter 7 Women, Peace and Security: The Context of North East India / Paula Banerjee Banerjee, Paula 125

Chapter 8 Women of Manipur: A Space for UNSCR 1325 / Asha Hans Hans, Asha 160

Chapter 9 Conflict and the Peace Process in Jammu and Kashmir: Locating the Agency of Women / Rekha Chowdhary Chowdhary, Rekha, Vibhuti Ubbott Ubbott, Vibhuti 185

Chapter 10 Whither Peace? A Discussion on Violence, Impunity and 1325 in Light of Communal Violence / Ila Pathak Pathak, Ila, Saumya Uma Uma, Saumya 199

Chapter 11 Peoples' Action Plans: Pursuing Human Security with Local Civil Society Actions to Implement UNSCR 1325 / Betty A. Reardon Reardon, Betty A. 246

Chapter 12 Gender Peace and Security: A Paradigm Shift / Asha Hans Hans, Asha 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789385985669

9385985663

9789385985652

9385985655

OCLC:

957696441