The United Nations’ overriding purpose is to maintain international peace and security. To do this, the UN must develop friendly relations between states and achieve international cooperation, importantly without discrimination…Read More >
united nations
How are gender equality norms implemented in peacekeeping?
What are the gendered dynamics of the peacekeeping workforce? Are the needs of female peacekeepers accommodated for when militaries train, prepare and deploy their soldiers to peacekeeping missions? These are…Read More >
Female military peacekeepers left feeling overwhelmed after inadequate training
UN peacekeeping missions often involve dealing with cases of violence and rape. Georgina Holmes’ research has shown that female military peacekeepers are often inadequately prepared to help survivors of conflict…Read More >
Kofi Annan: his legacy is not perfect, but he helped improve millions of lives
Reading’s Professor Rosa Freedman and Professor Aoife O’Donoghue of Durham University consider the legacy of the late former UN Secretary-General in a new post for The Conversation. The passing of Kofi Annan, former…Read More >
Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas: Reading science informing debate at COP23
By Professor Keith Shine, Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science The United Nations Climate Conference The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the principal negotiating forum…Read More >
Research shows reform can end abuse by UN peacekeepers
By Professor Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading The vast majority of the over 100,000 UN uniformed peacekeeping personnel perform their jobs with courage,…Read More >
Top UN expert’s resignation spells trouble for defenders of LGBT rights
by Rosa Freedman, School of Law, University of Reading Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN’s first Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, has resigned after…Read More >