Gender as national interest at the UN Security Council.
The United Nations Security Council has often been identified as a key actor responsible for the uneven trajectory of the international Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. It is, however, the Council members-who also seek to advance their national interest at this intergovernmental forum-that ar...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 255 - 274 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2016
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