LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 22:6 June 2022
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Can Peacekeeping Be Saved?

Selvi Bunce
selvi.bunce@gmail.com

Abstract

United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions are on the verge of being “cancelled” (Autesserre, 2019, p.102). This article examines why, and whether cancel culture is going too far. In my view, the three key issues that allow sexual exploitation and assault (SEA) to continue in peacekeeping missions tie directly to patriarchal norms and practices, a militarized view of security, and a lack of local voice in policy creation. UN peacekeeping can only be “saved” if these core issues are confronted and thoroughly addressed.

Keywords: United Nations (UN), sexual exploitation and assault (SEA), patriarchal norms and practices, a militarized view of security, and a lack of local voice in policy creation.

The Problem: SEA in Peacekeeping

UN peacekeepers are deployed to conflict and post-conflict areas around the globe to restore security, justice, and human rights (Jennings, 2014, p. 313). The first armed peacekeeping operation was deployed in 1956 (https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/our-history ). Since then, UN peacekeeping troops have grown to be the second largest military force deployed abroad, just behind the United States (Autesserre, 2019, p.101). However, little has changed regarding the gendered dimensions of peacekeeping troops and how the UN addresses the resulting problems, namely SEA. In 2015, 99 allegations of SEA were made against deployed peacekeepers – a strikingly high number as most SEA cases do not make it to the allegation stage (Smith, 2017, p.405,417).

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Selvi Bunce
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