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  1. Research

    Women’s Participation in the Military and Security Sphere: Comparing the Public and Private Sectors

    Basu, Soumita, and Maya Eichler. 2011. "Women’s Participation in the Military and Security Sphere: Comparing the Public and Private Sectors." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association Annual Conference ‘Global Governance: Political Authority in Transition’, Montreal, March 16-19.

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    Topics: Combatants, Female Combatants, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Militaries, Militarization, Paramilitaries, Violence

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    Putting ‘Mercenary Masculinities’ on the Research Agenda

    Higate, Paul. 2009. “Putting ‘Mercenary Masculinities’ on the Research Agenda.” SPAIS Working Paper 03-09, School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Masculinity/ies, Gendered Power Relations, Masculinism, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Rights, Human Rights, Security, Violence, Weapons /Arms

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    Gender and Security Sector Reform: Engendering the Privatization of Security

    Yeung, Christina. 2008. “Gender and Security Sector Reform: Engendering the Privatization of Security.” Paper presented at the International Studies Association 49th Annual Convention, San Francisco, March 26-29.

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    Topics: Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, International Law, International Organizations, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Post-Conflict, Privatization, Rights, Human Rights, Security, Security Sector Reform, Violence

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    Small Arms, Violence and Gender in Papua New Guinea: Towards a Research Agenda

    Capie, David. 2011. "Small Arms, Violence and Gender in Papua New Guinea: Towards a Research Agenda." Asia Pacific Viewpoint 52 (1): 42-55.

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    Topics: Gender, Masculinity/ies, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Violence, Weapons /Arms Regions: Oceania Countries: Papua New Guinea Keywords: Gender, Papua New Guinea, small arms, violence

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    Gender and the Privatization of Security: Neoliberal Transformation of the Militarized Gender Order

    Eichler, Maya. 2013. “Gender and the Privatization of Security: Neoliberal Transformation of the Militarized Gender Order.” Critical Studies on Security 1 (3): 311-25.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, "New Wars", Economies, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Masculinism, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Militarization, Privatization, Violence Regions: Americas, North America Countries: United States of America Keywords: private security, privatization of military security, PMSCs, Gender, feminist security studies, neoliberalism, militarization, United States

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    Women and Private Military and Security Companies

    Vrdoljak, Ana F. 2010. “Women and Private Military and Security Companies.” In War By Contract: Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law and the Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies, edited by Francesco Francioni and Natalino Ronzitti, 1-25. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Occupation, Displacement & Migration, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Health, International Law, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law (IHL), International Organizations, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Privatization, Rights, Human Rights, Violence Keywords: women, private military and security companies, Gender, sexual assault, forced prostitution, human trafficking, sexual harassment, discrimination, international law, International Humanitarian Law, human rights

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