Background Readings

Laws

• US Women, Peace and Security Act of 2017
• US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Report on the Women, Peace and Security Act of 2017

government publications

• United States National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security (2016)
• United States Strategy for Women, Peace and Security (2019)
• Australia Committee, UN Women: Women, Peace & Security: An Introductory Model 
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un documents

• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (Annotated)
• Global Study on the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 (2015)
• Report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2016/822)
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scholarly publications & other research

• Independent Commission on Multilaterialism, Women, Peace, and Security (2016 study)
• P. Kirby and L. Shepherd, “Reintroducing women, peace and security,” Int’l Affairs (2016)
• M. Bachelet, “Women as Agents of Peace and Stability: Measuring the Results” in Women on the Frontlines of Peace and Security, (National Defense University Press, 2014)
• B. Kapur and M. Rees, “WPS and Conflict Prevention” in The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security (2019)
• R. Coomaraswamy and E. Kenn, “Global Study: Looking Forward” in The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security (2019)
• V. M. Hudson and L. Eason, “The Challenge of Foreign Policy in the WPS Agenda” in The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security (2019)
• S. E. Davies and J. True, “Women, Peace, and Security: A Transformative Agenda?” in The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security (2019)
• S. W. Eddyono and S. E. Davies, “Women’s Roles in CVE” in The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security (2019)
• “Student Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Women Peace and Security Agenda,” Women, Peace and Security: Security Council Open Debate, United Nations, NY, Oct. 29, 2019, Penn Law 
• J. Johnson-Freese, Women, Peace and Security: An Introduction (Routledge 2018)
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news articles, blogs, & other publications

• Civil Society Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations: Recommendations on the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (October 2019)
• J. Johnson-Freese and A. Goldstein, “How the Pentagon Can Build on NATO’s Success with Women, Peace & Security” (May 2019)
• R. Brooks, “Tear Down the Foreign-Policy Glass Ceiling!” Foreign Policy (June 2015)
• H. Lynch, K. McGill, H. Proctor, “The Limitations of the 2019 US Women, Peace and Security Strategy, WIIS Blog (July 2019)
• R. Vogelstein & J. Bigio, “Three Things to Know: The Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017,” Council on Foreign Relations (Oct. 2017)
• L. Seligman, “Women Look to 2020 to Break the National Security Glass Ceiling,” Foreign Policy (Aug. 2019)
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