Beyond Stories of Victory and Danger: Resisting Feminism’s Amenability to Serving Security Council Politics

Abstract

Feminist responses to the Security Council’s agenda on women, peace and security, which commenced with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325 (SCR 1325) in 2000,1 have been overwhelmingly celebratory, although feminist accounts of danger are mounting. While I understand the reluctance to cast a critical gaze over such an avowedly activist project,2 as it can feel like a betrayal of feminist activism and look like playing into the hands of those who are hostile to feminism, holding back from critical analysis gives credence to the idea that a distinction can be drawn between activism and critique. As Carol Cohn avers, with reference to ‘tensions’ between academic and activist approa..