Ten Years of Security Council 1325 - reflections on the relationship between theory and action in feminist theories

Key information

Date
Time
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Venue
Russell Square: College Buildings
Room
4421

About this event

Dr Gina Heathcote

The seminar will reflect on the Security Council's activity in the area of women, peace and security during the past decade, including analysis of resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889. Feminist tensions between victims and agency, theory and action and around essentialism will be reviewed through the impact of these resolutions on Security Council action and the women's activism they have inspired. The seminar will conclude with a reflection on the role of women's activism and the turn to international institutions and/or international law as a strategy for change.

Bio

Dr Gina Heathcote lectures in Public International Law and the International Law on the Use of Force at the School of Law, SOAS. Her forthcoming book, The Law on the Use of Force: a Feminist Analysis , approaches international justifications for the use of force through the lens of feminist interrogations of interpersonal justifications for violence. Gina's research covers feminist approaches to international law, collective security, and the relationship between gender, violence and law.

Organiser: Bloomsbury Gender Network and the Centre for Gender Studies (SOAS)

Contact email: N.S.Al-Ali@soas.ac.uk