CPD Policy Blog

CPD Policy Blog

Linking academia and policy. Contributing to social progress. Enabling sustainable politics. Connecting the dots. Thinking ahead.
Cooperation
The CPD Policy Blog is a project of the Austrian Conflict, Peace and Democracy Cluster (CPDC) and is supported by the University of Graz, Institut für Konfliktforschung (IKF), Demokratiezentrum Wien, ASPR as well as Shabka.
Research
Peace and conflict research deals with violence and violent conflicts in the broadest sense. It thus seeks to formulate strategies to overcome these forms of violence in the short, medium and long term.
CPD Cluster
The CPD Cluster seeks to bundle the competence existing in Austria in the areas of conflict, peace & democracy. It thus contributes to the peaceful, non-violent and non-discriminatory development of society.

Focus Topic

Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda has been pivotal in addressing gendered challenges in conflict and peacebuilding. However, it often neglects the voices and experiences of lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LBTQ) women. The blog posts of our new topic will explore the need to ‘queer’ the WPS agenda, a process that questions and reimagines its foundational frameworks to include LGBTQ+ perspectives.
Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: An Introduction
Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: An Introduction
  The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda has been pivotal in addressing gendered challenges in conflict and peacebuilding. However, it often neglects the voices...
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