{"id":1821,"date":"2016-08-25T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T23:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2016-08-25T09:44:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T23:44:36","slug":"upcoming-cjrc-seminar-the-women-in-blue-helmets-gender-policing-and-the-uns-first-all-female-peacekeeping-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/2016\/08\/25\/upcoming-cjrc-seminar-the-women-in-blue-helmets-gender-policing-and-the-uns-first-all-female-peacekeeping-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming CJRC Seminar &#8211; &#8220;The Women in Blue Helmets: Gender, Policing, and the UN&#8217;s First All-Female Peacekeeping Unit&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/08\/lesley_seminarphoto.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1822 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/08\/lesley_seminarphoto-268x300.jpeg\" alt=\"lesley_seminarphoto\" width=\"165\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/08\/lesley_seminarphoto-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/08\/lesley_seminarphoto-768x861.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2016\/08\/lesley_seminarphoto-914x1024.jpeg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Crime and Justice Research Centre is hosting an upcoming seminar with speaker Dr. Lesley Pruitt from Monash University, who will be presenting on the UN&#8217;s first all-female peacekeeping unit.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Title:\u00a0&#8220;The Women in Blue Helmets: Gender, Policing, and the UN&#8217;s First All-Female Peacekeeping Unit&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Date: Thursday 22nd September 2016<\/li>\n<li>Time: 3:30-5pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: C412, Level 4 C Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus, 2 George St, Brisbane 4000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<em>This project explores the story of the first all-female police unit deployed by India to the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia in January 2007. It investigates how the unit was originated, developed, and implemented, offering an important historical record of this unique initiative. Examining precedents in policing in the troop-contributing country and recent developments in policing in the host country, the project offers contextually rich examination of all-female units, explores the potential benefits of and challenges to women\u2019s participation in peacekeeping, and illuminates broader questions about the relationship between gender, peace, and security.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">About the speaker:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monashgps.org\/#!lesley-pruitt\/qp7m5\" target=\"_blank\">Lesley\u00a0Pruitt\u00a0<\/a>is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Monash University.\u00a0Lesley\u2019s\u00a0research focuses on\u00a0recognising and enhancing youth participation in peacebuilding and promoting gender equity in peace processes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Originally from the US,\u00a0Lesley\u00a0worked in Congress before moving to Australia to complete her postgraduate studies. A Truman Scholar and Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar,\u00a0Lesley\u00a0received her Masters &amp; PhD from the University of Queensland. Prior to joining Monash,\u00a0Lesley\u00a0held academic appointments at the University of Melbourne, Victoria University, and RMIT University. In 2012 she also served as a visiting research fellow at George Mason University\u2019s Peacekeeping Operations Policy Program in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Her latest book,\u00a0The Women in Blue Helmets: Gender, Policing &amp; the UN\u2019s First All-Female Peacekeeping Unit\u00a0is available through the University of California Press.\u00a0Earlier works include her book,\u00a0Youth Peacebuilding: Music, Gender &amp; Change, available through\u00a0SUNY Press, and a number of academic journal articles in outlets such as\u00a0International Feminist Journal of Politics\u00a0and\u00a0Australian Journal of Political Science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To register, please email your name, affiliation and any dietary requirements to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong>am.gurd@qut.edu.au<\/strong><\/span> by 5pm Monday 19th September 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crime and Justice Research Centre is hosting an upcoming seminar with speaker Dr. Lesley Pruitt from Monash University, who will be presenting on the UN&#8217;s first all-female peacekeeping unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9697],"tags":[15190,15189,11604,10242],"class_list":{"0":"post-1821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"category-conferences","8":"tag-allfemalepolicing","9":"tag-lesleypruitt","10":"tag-monash","11":"tag-seminar"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1825,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions\/1825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}