Sara E. Davies is Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University and Fellow at the Gender, Peace & Security Centre at Monash University.
Jacqui True is Professor of Politics & International Relations, Director of the Gender, Peace & Security Centre at Monash University, and Global Fellow at the Peace Research Centre, Oslo.
Passed in 2000, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent seven Resolutions make up the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. This agenda is a significant international normative and policy framework addressing the gender-specific impacts of conflict on women and girls. The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security brings together scholars, advocates, and policymakers to provide an overview of what we know concerning what works to promote women's participation in peace and security, what works to protect women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence and other human rights violations, and what works to prevent conflict and rebuild societies after conflict drawing on women's experiences and knowledge of building peace from local to global levels.