The EU's engagement with the Women, Peace and Security agenda (UNSCR 1325)

What is it about?

This article examines the EU's implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The analysis finds that formal gender equality - presented as a foundational principle of the EU - is largely missing from EU External Relations. This challenges the notion that the acts as a EU normative power because if gender is a foundational value, we would expect to see it as a core part of external affairs.

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Why is it important?

This paper challenges the notion that the EU is a normative power by identifying the absence of one of the EU's foundational principles - formal equality - from External Relations.