Advocating for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security-the first formal and legal document from the Security Council explicitly requiring parties in a conflict to prevent violations of women's rights, to support women's participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction, and to protect women and girls from wartime sexual violence.Several resolutions followed, which together constitute the normative framework for what is known as the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.Civil society played a central role in both the creation and evolution of the agenda, giving them a degree of ownership, and making it nearly impossible to discuss or act on WPS without acknowledging their influence and expertise.This book examines how networked civil society advocates for the WPS agenda with all the effects and affects thereof.It focuses on the UK case, arguing that its geopolitical positioning and vibrant civil society netwo