Gender Mainstreaming Policies Research Articles

Evaluating Beijing +25: The Case of Joint Programming in Prevention and Response to Violence against Women in Uganda

abstract This article is a response to the global Beijing +25 call to take stock of the status of women and the assessment of current challenges to gender equality and women’s empowerment. It presents a case study of the coordination capacity of government and civil society organisations in meeting the Beijing Platform for Action’s strategic objectives in tackling gender-based violence (GBV) against women in Uganda through a multi-level coordinated and implemented programme. Drawing on established sectoral and district gender-mainstreaming policy and practices led by the women’s ministry, the programme demonstrated what is possible in a collaborative partnership involving several stakeholders in prevention and response to GBV. The joint GBV programme created alliances that resulted in established services such as community guidelines for GBV prevention, legal services to support survivors, shelters for the temporary protection of women and children, and counselling services. Community groups that were created facilitated dialogues and initiated action on discussing power, inequality and behaviour change. In sum, the programme’s high-level political commitment, technical and cultural leadership partially guaranteed the continuation of the GBV interventions and sustainability of the impacts. The major challenge was the enforcement of gender-sensitive public resources allocation that would engender planning and budgeting cultures. The renewed Beijing +25 bid for bold actions and commitments to end violence against women, needs to bolster support that beefs-up State-level concerns of inadequate technical skills, capabilities, and financial support to investigate cases of GBV against women. It needs to multiply actions to finance State-level measures that seek fundamental gender norms change. The article draws on qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. A survey of 620 households was combined with key informant interviews and focus group discussions.

Jämställdhetspolitik som ideologi eller vetenskap?

In this article we analyze the public debate on gender mainstreaming of higher education and research in Sweden between 2016– 2020, focusing on 1) positions that advocate the gender equality initiatives and 2) positions that criticize them. A recurring theme in the defense and the critique of gender mainstreaming is whether gender mainstreaming policies should be understood as ideologically driven or not and how this relates to the university’s scientific task. In the analysis, we focus on which understanding of the relationship between science and politics that appears in the empirical material and how this – explicitly or implicitly – expresses different understandings of ideology and its relation to science. We find that both sides tend to build on either a negative or a functionalist/ positive conception of ideology, and we argue that an epistemic approach to ideology paves the way for a more nuanced and reflexive scientific debate on the relationship between politics and knowledge.

A study of the context of organizational (input) level factors to promoting gender equality in gambella regional state of Ethiopia

It is not possible to achieve a controversial goal, such as gender equality, without a clear strategic plan setting out policy, objectives, action, time frame and resources. Any organizational entity of the public or private sector nature should contribute to enhancing greater gender equality in order to minimize the widely expanding gender equality gap between men and women. It should be able to contribute substantively to greater gender equality by having the appropriate gender mainstreaming structures, policies and procedures in place. The objective of this article was to show the existing situation of organizational (input) level factors towards the promotion of gender equality in the Gambella Peoples’ National Regional State of Ethiopia. The study has shown that the basic policy documents did not exist in several public sector organizations. Certain basic gender and gender-related strategies to implementing the gender and gender-related policy documents were not practiced in the public sector offices. The existing gender and gender-related strategies to implementing such gender policy documents were not clear to the civil servants. Gender focal point networking were absent in the public sector organizations. It has also shown that equal hiring or employment opportunities or practices were existing, gender unit department (division) activities were incorporated in the basic organizational core policy goals, objectives, and projects, and job responsibilities and mandates for the gender unit departments or divisions were existing in the public sector offices.

Gender Representation in East African History Textbooks: The Cases of Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda

Various studies have analyzed the ways in which gender is represented in textbooks. We draw on the cases of lower secondary history textbooks from three East African countries—Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda—where gender mainstreaming has been integrated into national education policies to varying degrees. Through a qualitative analysis of nine secondary history textbooks from these countries, we investigate how gender is represented in both text and images, illuminating the power relations in these representations as well as how gender representation varies across the three country cases. Our analysis demonstrates that despite the nominal inclusion of women, the texts draw on gender-biased language, discuss women primarily in relation to men, and construct men as the default. We argue that the representation of women in the textbooks also intersects with notions of race and class, serving to perpetuate gender stereotypes and reproduce hierarchical gender relations, contradicting the gendermainstreaming policies stipulated in education curricula within the three countries.

Gender Mainstreaming: Policies at the National and International Level

This paper tries to highlight the existing gender mainstreaming policies and practices at national and international level, to establish a clear vision and make commitments to guide the process of gender mainstreaming and women empowerment to achieve the gender equality, justice and fundamental human rights. The advancement of the rule of law at the national and international levels is thus, essential for the protection of fundamental human rights and freedom. Nepal has an obligation to take an effective action against all such malpractices. Nepal has participated and ratified the gender policies in all Conventions and conferences. To fulfill this very obligation, it has introduced some legal provisions and made an attempt to implement them. Due to this region, Nepal has started to address the gender issues from sixth five year plan to till now. Planned efforts to improve the situation of women began during the Sixth Plan (1981- 1985) but its approach was welfare-driven. The Interim plan (2008-2011) focused the gender responsive budget and allocated the 33 percent reservation in every state structure. The constitution of Nepal 2015, article 11 (5) and (7) compromises the ability of women to independently confer citizenship to her child. Likewise, there are many domestic legal regimes existed here. The fifteenth periodic plan approach paper, 2020 emphasizes the gender equivalence in local level. Government policies are stated with high priorities for gender main streaming policies. The experience shows that ensuring the provisions of equal rights in the constitution is important, but at the same time, proper implementation of those provisions is equally important to balance the theoretical and practical gap of gender and development. The review follows the major discourses that influenced the gender mainstreaming agenda in the form of statements in women's movements, policy documents, laws, press materials, and experiential reflection and everyday narratives captured through existing research.

Policy learning to reduce inequalities: the search for a coherent Scottish gender mainstreaming policy in a multilevel UK

ABSTRACT Policy ‘incoherence’ describes a lack of joined-up government that contributes to a confusing mix of policy instruments. It is an inevitable feature of multilevel policy-making, in which many actors compete to set the agenda, and ‘inequalities policies’, such as gender mainstreaming, which contain multiple and often-contradictory aims. This insight may prompt policy-makers to learn how other governments have responded pragmatically, rather than seeking to design abstract mainstreaming policies with unrealistic levels of coherence. Yet, policy learning is a political process characterized by contestation. Many policy-makers compete to define the policy problem, set the parameters for learning and determine which governments should take the lead. Therefore, we ask: How can we use policy theories to facilitate research-informed policy learning under these circumstances? We describe the framework that we developed for the Horizon 2020 project IMAJINE to encourage policy learning in multilevel policy-making systems. We then illustrate its value in a case study of our work for the Scottish Government’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG), which asked us to identify lessons from gender mainstreaming policies in other nations. This framework and case study help explain the limited impact of research on policy learning.

The challenges of being a female pastor: A case of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe

The focus of this article is to highlight some of the inherent gender injustices experienced by the female pastors within the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFMZ). Drawing insights from the field research conducted in pursuance of a doctoral programme, the study foregrounds some of the barriers that women have had to endure when it comes to the issue of being ordained as a pastor. The article also interrogates the reasons used as a basis to exclude female pastors from the key decision-making bodies and to deny them the opportunity to preach at the national conference, which is the biggest gathering within the AFMZ. This is a qualitative study utilising interviews, focus group discussions and the observation method. The main findings emerging from this study reveal that whilst some positive changes have been made towards the inclusion of women in the pastoral ministry, however, there are still many gaps needing urgent attention before the AFMZ becomes a gender-inclusive and gender-equitable faith community.Contribution: This article foregrounds the challenges faced by female pastors in the AFMZ. It advocates for gender mainstreaming and gender inclusive policies in the AFMZ leadership structures. This is in sync with the focus of this collection, for which the main thrust is on women and religious leadership.

Implementation of Gender Mainstream Policy in the Implementation of the Duties and Functions of People's Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia

The research objectives are to discuss the implementation of gender mainstreaming policies in the implementation of the duties and functions of the DPR and to compile a new concept from the results of the discussion on the implementation of gender mainstreaming policies in the implementation of the tasks and functions of the Indonesian Parliament. The implementation of gender mainstreaming policies in the implementation of the duties and functions of the DPR is not yet optimal to support the realization of gender equality and justice in the life of society, nation, and state, especially to improve the position, role, and quality of women. With the Grindle public policy implementation model it can be revealed the performance of gender mainstreaming policies according to the parameters of interests affected; type of benefits; the extent of change envisioned; site of decision making; implementor program; committed resource; power, interests, and strategies of actors involved; institution and regime characteristic; compliance and responsiveness. The new concept structured on the Strategy for Implementing Gender Mainstreaming Policies in National Development with the definition: Strategy for Implementing Gender Mainstreaming Policies in National Development is a structured strategy, tips and ways in implementing policies, programs, and activities to increase the position, role, and quality of women to realize equality and gender justice consisting of formal legality strategies, structural synergy strategies, cultural adaptation strategies, and individual strengthening strategies.

Gender, land distribution, and who gets state funds to stop deforestation in Argentina

• We study forest PES disbursement in Argentina at the recipient level. • We analyze a unique dataset of all forest PES recipients in Argentina by type and gender and land size. • Gender mainstreaming and other policy interventions attempt to rectify past disparities by targeting women directly. • Women owners at small and medium levels of land holdings receive a premium over men at equal levels of land concentration. • Study results compare to other policy interventions in Argentina and in natural resource management that target women.

EXPLORING GENDER REPRESENTATION: PATRIARCHAL PERPECTIVES FROM EFL SECONDARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS IN INDONESIA

This paper seeks to investigate whether the Indonesian government's attempt to promote a gender-equal society in recent decades and improve gender awareness are reflected in patterns of gender representation in EFL textbooks in secondary schools. The study made an analysis of four compulsory textbooks published in 2016 with corpus linguistic tools (e.g. pronouns, occupation, amount of talk) and how gender is represented in the visuals (or illustrations) through conducting frequency counts of the occurrence of male and female characters and the spheres of activities they engaged, to investigate the ration of female-to-male appearances, the extent of use of gender-neutral, and gender-marked constructions, common address titles for reference, and order of appearance of women and men. The findings show that there is a need for evaluation of the existing language textbooks in secondary schools, with the aim of promoting a more gender-balanced learning material. Moreover, the classroom teachers raise the need for the promotion of initial as well as in-service training for teachers on issues of ‘gender stereotypes’, ‘language sexism’ and ‘gender-mainstreaming policies’.

Kerjasama UNICEF dan IRC dalam Penegakan Hak Anak di Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone was one of the countries with the largest use of child soldiers during the civil war between 1991-2002. Girl child soldiers made up to 30 percent of the total child soldiers involved in the Sierra Leone civil war. The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program (DDR) which was one of the UN mandate as a post-conflict peace consolidation could only reach 506 out of a total of 6,845 child soldiers who have been disarmed. This was because the requirement for the disarmament phase was to hand in their weapon, while many girls were not equipped with weapon by their armed forces commander considering that most of them acted as cooks, house workers, and bush wives. UNICEF and IRC as international organizations then carried out further DDR projects with more gender-responsive and community-based with gender mainstreaming and inclusive citizenship policies to enforce children rights of Sierra Leonean girl soldiers who previously had not included in DDR program. This paper will discuss the enforcement of children rights of Sierra Leonean girl soldiers in the furtjer DDR projects.

Governing the Philippine Public: The National College of Public Administration and Governance and the Crisis of Leadership without Identity

Governing the Philippine Public: The National College of Public Administration and Governance and the Crisis of Leadership without Identity

Gender and Development in Southern Philippines: Experiences on GAD Budget Policy in some Barangays of Iligan City

The Philippines is one of the early countries in Asia with strong advocacy for gender and sustainable development. As one of the signatory countries of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPA) and Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Philippine government and its national women machinery, the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) had adapted and implemented international gender policies and legislated Gender and Development (GAD) mandates and structures. The government’s concern for women is embodied in the Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development (PPGRD) 1995–2025. Over the years, through various legal mandates, GAD has shifted from being highly centralized to decentralization, from national government to sub-national governments, more known as local government units in the Philippines. As Heilet (et al. 2008) aptly stated, local government is in a unique position to contribute to the global struggle for gender equality and can have a great impact on the status of gender equality around the world, in its capacities as the level of governance closest to the citizens. This article adapts the Gender and Development framework embodied in the PPGD which promotes gender empowerment and equality. That is, sustainable development can truly be attained if the needs and issues of the marginalized women sector at the basic administrative local government units are addressed through representation and legislated gender budget. With more than 2 decades after PPGRD has been passed, the pressing need is to find out how gender mainstreaming and GAD Budget Policy compliance has fared in the southern part of the country, in the city of Iligan, specifically to its most basic administrative units, the barangay. The GAD Budget Policy, a vital component of Gender and Development (GAD) is the focus in this article that is to find out the gender budget compliance in the barangay level, specifically the 15 barangays in Iligan City. The study, conducted in 2016 to 2017 used Key Informant Interviews and reviewed national and local GAD ordinances and documents. Barangay Gender and Development and gender budget policy has still a long way to go in the barangays with its triumphs and challenges. While GAD structures based on mandates from the city government cascaded to the barangay level it is noticeable women are still a minority at the barangay governance. There is however, a high level of compliance, to the 5% gender budget and the preparation of the annual GAD Plan & Budget (GDB). The limited gender budgets although allotted for gender-friendly programs, projects, and activities are not enough. Through women’s representation and involvement, feelings of equality, empowerment and self-worth among the women beneficiaries are reported for having contributed to the family income and represented and involved in community development projects.

To study the context of organizational level factors for promotion of gender equality in the State of Gambella Region in Ethiopia

It is not possible to achieve a controversial goal, such as gender equality, without a clear strategic plan setting out policy, objectives, action, time frame and resources. Any organizational entity of the public or private sector nature should contribute to enhancing greater gender equality in order to minimize the widely expanding gender equality gap between men and women. It should be able to contribute substantively to greater gender equality by having the appropriate gender mainstreaming structures, policies and procedures in place. The objective of this article was to show the existing situation of organizational (input) level factors towards the promotion of gender equality in the Gambella Peoples’ National Regional State of Ethiopia. The study has shown that the basic policy documents did not exist in several public sector organizations. Certain basic gender and gender-related strategies to implementing the gender and gender-related policy documents were not practiced in the public sector offices. The existing gender and gender-related strategies to implementing such gender policy documents were not clear to the civil servants. Gender focal point networking were absent in the public sector organizations. It has also shown that equal hiring or employment opportunities or practices were existing, gender unit department (division) activities were incorporated in the basic organizational core policy goals, objectives, and projects, and job responsibilities and mandates for the gender unit departments or divisions were existing in the public sector offices. The human resources development aspect and the work organization aspect of the organizational human resource practices were not building the capacity of the public sector staff in terms of a number of elements. But, documenting, updating, respecting, and utilizing the existing job descriptions for the GU staff were practiced as the organizational human resource practices to building the capacity of the public sector staff at the regional and local administrative level in the Gambella regional state.

Ideologia del gender: towards a transcultural understanding of the phenomenon

The Italian debate over gender inclusivity has recently been dominated by a ubiquitous term: ideologia del gender. This expression has been used extensively by a galaxy of reactionary forces to thwart the implementation of gender-mainstreaming policies. Recent research has shown that similar anti-gender manifestations have mushroomed across Europe, with discursive elements which recall the Italian anti-gender narrative. This article first sets Italian anti-genderism within a broader transnational movement. Second, through a feminist critical analysis of Italian anti-gender discourse, it shows that ideologia del gender should be interpreted as a new rhetorical device used to reaffirm gender-based prejudice in Italy and other European countries. Third, drawing on the work of Wolfgang Welsch (1999), the paper discusses whether this movement can be interpreted as a transcultural phenomenon, and suggests a transcultural model of culture as the antidote to the anti-gender backlash.

INDONESIAN MUSLIM WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL CONTESTATIONS: Challenges to Gender Mainstreaming Policy in The 2019 Elections

Abstract: Achieving equal opportunities between women and men in political competition has always been a complex process, even though the government has established affirmative policies to encourage a greater role for women in the political sphere. The issue of patriarchal culture and the challenge of religious conservatism can hamper the achievement of the objectives of the affirmation policy for women in competing for elections to occupy the position of parliament members (DPR-RI). This paper discusses the political contestation of women in reaching political positions as people's representatives and the challenges they face in fighting for issues of gender equality in the parliament. This research answers what factors are hampering women's involvement in political contestation, and what challenges are there in fighting for gender equality issues. This study used a qualitative method with a descriptive analysis approach. The theory used in this study was the concept of affirmative action and the theory of gender equality in politics. The results of the discussion showed that the number of women elected in the 2019 Elections increased. Thanks to the affirmative policy ruled by the Indonesian government. However, affirmative policies to meet gender quotas do not only benefit those who have gender equality agendas, but also those who stand with the anti-feminist movement that represents the voices of conservative groups. The issue they are fighting for is still trapped in the gender ideology proclaimed by a patriarchal culture, which assumes women's problems are identical to those of mothers. Therefore, not all elected women MPs explicitly have a gender perspective. الملخص:إن تحقيق تكافؤ الفرص بين النساء والرجال في المنافسة السياسية كان دائمًا عملية معقدة ، على الرغم من أن الدولة وضعت سياسات إيجابية لتشجيع دور أكبر للمرأة في المجال السياسي.يمكن أن تعوق مسألة الثقافة الأبوية وتحدي المحافظة الدينية تحقيق أهداف سياسة التأكيد للمرأة في التنافس على الانتخابات لشغل منصب أعضاء البرلمان (مجلس النواب لجمهورية إندونيسيا). تناقش هذه الورقة التنافس السياسي للمرأة في الوصول إلى المناصب السياسية كممثلة للشعب والتحديات التي تواجهها في الكفاح من أجل قضايا المساواة بين الجنسين في البرلمان.يجيب هذا البحث عن العوامل التي تعوق مشاركة المرأة في التنافس السياسي ، والتحديات التي تواجهها النساء في الكفاح من أجل قضايا المساواة بين الجنسين. تستخدم هذه الدراسة طريقة نوعية مع نهج التحليل الوصفي.النظرية المستخدمة في هذه الدراسة هي مفهوم العمل الإيجابي ونظرية المساواة بين الجنسين في السياسة. تظهر نتائج البحث أن عدد النساء المنتخبات في انتخابات 2019 زاد بنسبة 22 في المائة. بفضل السياسة الايجابية التي تحكمها الحكومة الاندونيسية.ومع ذلك ، فإن السياسات الإيجابية للوفاء بحصص النوع الاجتماعي لا تفيد فقط أولئك الذين لديهم أجندة للمساواة بين الجنسين ، ولكن أيضًا أولئك الذين يقفون إلى جانب الحركة المناهضة للنسوية التي تمثل أصوات الجماعات المحافظة.إن القضية التي يناضلون من أجلها لا تزال عالقة في الأيديولوجية الجنسانية التي أعلنتها ثقافة أبوية ، والتي تفترض أن مشاكل المرأة مماثلة لمشاكل الأمهات.لذلك ، لم يكن لجميع البرلمانيات المنتخبات منظور جنساني بشكل واضح.Abstrak: Mencapai peluang yang setara antara perempuan dan laki-laki dalam persaingan politik selalu menjadi proses yang kompleks, meskipun negara telah menetapkan kebijakan afirmatif untuk mendorong peran yang lebih besar bagi perempuan dalam ranah politik. Persoalan budaya patriarkal dan tantangan konservatisme agama dapat menghambat pencapaian tujuan kebijakan afirmasi bagi perempuan dalam memperebutkan pemilihan untuk menduduki posisi anggota DPR-RI. Kajian ini membahas kontestasi politik perempuan dalam mencapai posisi sebagai wakil rakyat dan tantangan yang mereka hadapi dalam memperjuangkan isu-isu kesetaraan gender di parlemen. Penelitian ini menjawab faktor-faktor apa yang menghambat keterlibatan perempuan dalam kontestasi politik, dan tantangan apa yang dihadapi perempuan dalam memperjuangkan isu kesetaraan gender. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan analisis deskriptif. Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah konsep affirmative action dan teori kesetaraan gender dalam politik. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa jumlah perempuan yang terpilih dalam Pemilu 2019 meningkat 22 persen berkat kebijakan afirmatif yang ditetapkan oleh pemerintah. Namun demikian, kebijakan afirmatif untuk memenuhi kuota perempuan tidak hanya menguntungkan mereka yang memiliki agenda kesetaraan gender, tetapi juga mereka yang mendukung gerakan anti-feminis yang mewakili suara-suara kelompok konservatif. Masalah yang mereka perjuangkan masih terjebak dalam ideologi gender yang diproklamasikan oleh budaya patriarki, yang menganggap masalah perempuan identik dengan masalah ibu. Karena itu, tidak semua anggota parlemen perempuan yang terpilih secara eksplisit memiliki perspektif gender.

Courageously critiquing sexual violence: responding to the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Abstract Marysia Zalewski's work has taught us, as a collective of feminist scholars, to be cautious of neat instruction manuals and coherently set out plans of action; of claims to sure knowledge about danger, violence, and its subjects and remedies; of the fanfare of grand arrivals; and of the quieter staking of ground that has been seemingly won. Zalewski has persistently reminded us in different ways that we/she does ‘not even know what gender is or does’. Far from a flippant response to the emptiness of gender mainstreaming policies, this seemingly simple statement instead serves as a glaring post-it note on the margins of our texts about International Relations theory, feminism, sex/gender and violence— both those that we read, as well as those that we write. However, this lesson is often forgotten in our rush to understand and establish gendered harms as valid and important, and to seek their redress. Gleaning insights from Zalewski's work, this article critically considers possible responses to the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Its aim is not to delve into a discussion of the politics or effects of the Peace Prize as such, but to instead use the 2018 Peace Prize as a marker—a moment to consider the possibility for critique in relation to sexual violence.

THE ANALYSIS OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING POLICY ON LABOR IN BANDA ACEH CITY

Abstract This study aims to observe how much influence the policy of gender mainstreaming on employment in Banda Aceh city. Employment in this study is projected as the number of workers. The scope of this research is in the government of the Banda Aceh city by using SWOT analysis method. The data collected is secondary data obtained through interviews. The results of the study show that based on swot analysis there are several threats, opportunities, challenges, and weaknesses in the implementation of gender mainstreaming policies in employment in Banda Aceh city. The disadvantages are the limited willingness to work, the double burden of women as wives or mothers, lack of socialization and training, and the absence of disaggregated data. The strength of PUG policy is the Law Regulation, one of which is Presidential Instruction No. 9 of 2000, the level of education, skills, and understanding of HR.Government of Banda Aceh city should be able to support this policy through pro-gender equality programs so that there will be no gender gap in the city of Banda Aceh and One of the efforts that can be taken by the government in dealing with the issue of gender disparity is to create gender responsive programs in the form of socialization, discussion, and others that not only involve men but also women.

Co-opting cattle spaces: Women, cattle, and empowerment in Northwestern Botswana

This paper offers spatial insights on gender, development, and empowerment scholarship through a case study of women and cattle in Botswana exploring the interconnections between space, nature, material action, and subjectivities. Using women’s access to and interactions with cattle as an entry point, this paper demonstrates the value of including space in conceptualizations of empowerment. It particularly highlights how enacting cattle rearing activities in certain spaces impacts women’s pride and self-confidence, contributing to changes in subjectivities and gender/spatial ideologies. Subjectivities are both contested and reinforced through women’s actions in cattle spaces in rural Botswana, with certain activities being simultaneously empowering and disempowering. Broadly, this paper reveals the significance to empowerment initiatives of contextualizing asset acquisition in socio-spatial norms. Demonstrating the importance of space in empowerment research also has implications for gender mainstreaming policies.

Deepening the Conversation: Feminism, International Policing and the WPS Agenda

ABSTRACTScholarship on international police reform and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) has flourished in the last decade and the potential for engagement across these two bodies of literature is promising. Given the increased use of police personnel in international peace missions and emphasis on gender mainstreaming policies, the need for assessing the impact of these two trends has never been greater. Thus, this paper seeks to bridge gaps between the mainstream policing scholarship and feminist scholars focused on post-conflict peacebuilding police reforms. We explore how feminist scholars can engage with policing literature’s technocratic language and ‘in the field’ experience as well as how policing scholars can interact with feminist scholars to transform traditional approaches to security in the context of the WPS Agenda. We demonstrate the benefits of increased dialogue and interaction by highlighting the common and diverging challenges in both fields in three areas: the design, implementation, and evaluation. Finally, to illustrate the dynamic intersection of these areas of study and practice, we examine the transnational policing efforts to gender mainstream the Liberian National Police (LNP) in the context of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).