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S Karim, K Beardsley - Journal of Peace Research, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com

Explaining sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping missions: The role of female peacekeepers and gender equality in contributing countries.

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Beardsley, Karim

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Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) is an endemic problem in UN peacekeeping missions. It is not only a gross human rights violation, but also threatens to challenge the legitimacy of the peacekeeping mission and undermines the promotion of gender equality in host countries. We examine if the composition of peacekeeping forces along two dimensions–the proportion of women and the records of gender (in) equality in the contributing countries–helps explain variation in SEA allegations. Analysis of mission-level information from 2009 …

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