Our department’s Dr Georgina Holmes and her colleague Dr David Duriesmith from the University of Queensland Australia recently had an article published in Security Dialogue exploring how Rwanda’s Security Sector Reform programme redefines Rwandan military masculinities in the post-genocide era. The authors discuss how the research was conducted in a piece posted on the Security Dialogue blog.
![A peacekeeper of MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade on foot patrol in the town of Pinga, North Kivu province, stops to interact with the local children. Pinga is located 148 km northwest of Goma, the provincial capital at the Rwandan border. Pinga was recently vacated by the local militia NDC (Nduma Defense of Congo) led by the rebel Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka. 4 December 2013. Photo: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti Un casque bleu de la Brigade d’intervention de la Force de la MONUSCO en patrouille à Pinga, en province du Nord Kivu, fait une pause pour communiquer avec un groupe d’enfants de la ville. Située à 148 km au Nord-Ouest de Goma, la capitale provinciale à la frontière avec le Rwanda, Pinga a été récemment désertée par la milice NDC (Nduma Défense du Congo) du chef rebelle Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka. 4 décembre 2013. Photo : MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti](https://research.reading.ac.uk/politics-and-ir/wp-content/uploads/sites/152/Unorganized/Photo-of-the-Day-10-December-2013_11306181894.jpg)