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Women, Peace and Security after Europe's ‘refugee crisis’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

Aiko Holvikivi Open the ORCID record for Aiko Holvikivi [Opens in a new window]  and
Audrey Reeves
Aiko Holvikivi*
Affiliation:
Centre for Women, Peace, and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science
Audrey Reeves
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Abstract

Since its inception in 2000, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has conceptualised the conflict-affected woman as a subject worthy of international attention, protection, and inclusion. In the wake of Europe's ‘refugee crisis’, this article examines how the remit of WPS has broadened from women in conflict zones to refugees in Europe's borderlands. A minority of European states now attend, in their WPS policy, to these conflict-affected women on the move. This inclusion productively challenges established notions of where conflict-affectedness is located. It exposes Europe as not always peaceful and safe for women, especially refugees who flee war. Conversely, the dominant tendency to exclude refugees from European WPS policy is built on a fantasy of Europe as peaceful and secure for women, which legitimises the fortressing of Europe and obscures European states’ complicity in fuelling insecurity at their borders, cultivating an ethos of coloniality around the WPS agenda. The inclusion of refugees is no panacea to these problems. If focused solely on protection, it repositions European states as protective heroes and conflict-affected women as helpless victims. The WPS framework nonetheless emphasises conflict-affected women's participation in decision-making and conflict prevention, opening space for recognising the refugee women as political actors.

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RefugeesWomenPeace and SecurityConflictEuropeBorders
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Research Article
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European Journal of International Security , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 2020 , pp. 135 - 154
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 2020

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