Explaining variation in the implementation of global norms: Gender mainstreaming of security in the OSCE and the EU
| Author | Andrea Schneiker,Jutta Joachim,Anne Jenichen |
| Published date | 01 November 2019 |
| Date | 01 November 2019 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118787429 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118787429
International Political Science Review
2019, Vol. 40(5) 613 –626
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Explaining variation in the
implementation of global norms:
Gender mainstreaming of security
in the OSCE and the EU
Anne Jenichen
Aston University, UK
Jutta Joachim
Radboud University, Netherlands
Andrea Schneiker
University of Siegen, Germany
Abstract
Why do regional security organizations choose different approaches to implementing global gender norms?
To address this question, we examine how the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
and the European Union (EU) integrated requirements derived from UN Security Council Resolution 1325
(UNSCR 1325) on women, peace and security into their security policies. We identify differences in scope
and dynamics between the change processes in the two organizations. The OSCE simply adapted its existing
gender policy and has not changed it since, whereas the EU introduced a new, more extensive and specific
policy, which it has already amended several times. Drawing on historical institutionalism and feminist
institutionalism, we found that, first, reform coalitions prepared the ground for gender mainstreaming in
the organizations’ respective security policies; and that, second, embedded policy structures, including rules
and norms about external interaction as well as existing policy legacies, were responsible for the different
approaches of the EU and OSCE with respect to UNSCR 1325.
Keywords
Gender mainstreaming, European Union (EU), feminist historical institutionalism, Organization for Security
and Cooperation (OSCE), UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
Corresponding author:
Anne Jenichen, Aston University, Aston Centre for Europe (ACE), Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Email: a.jenichen@aston.ac.uk
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