Women and International Peacekeeping

Louise Olsson Uppsala University, Torunn L. Tryggestad Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

• Foreword, Louise Frechette; introduction, Louise Olsson and Torunn L. Tryggestad; the idea of women in peacekeeping -Lysistrata and Antigone, Mary-Jane Fox; a few good women - gender stereotypes, the military and peacekeeping, Gerard J. DeGroot; women, peacekeeping and peacemaking - gender balance and mainstreaming, Judith Hicks Stiehm; "women and peace and security" - the politics of implementing gender sensitivity norms in peacekeeping, Henry F. Carey; sexual violence in times of war - a new challenge for peace operations?, Inger Skjelsbaek; military women in peace operations - experiences of the Norwegian battalion in UNIFIL 1978-98, Kari H. Karame; gender mainstreaming in practice - the United Nations transitional assistance group in Namibia, Louise Olsson; closing remarks, Cynthia Enloe; appendices.