A reminder from a previous post:The Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (APCML), Melbourne Law School, and the Centre for Gender Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) are inviting submissions for a symposium entitled:
PEACEKEEPING IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: GENDER EQUALITY, LAW AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY 
The symposium will be held at Melbourne Law School on 19-20 April 2012. The Call for Papers Deadline is soon: Monday, 21 November 2011. Submissions to: peacekeepingAP@gmail.com. According to the organizers, our colleagues Dianne Otto of Melbourne Law School (below left) and Gina Heathcote of SOAS (right):
The symposium will bring together military, police and civilian participants in peace support operations, academics, researchers, government officials and local leaders from post-conflict societies, primarily from the Asia-Pacific region, to discuss their perspectives on and experiences with incorporating a ‘gender perspective’ into peacekeeping operations, as required by Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). It will be the first time that this topic is explored in a scholarly symposium in Australia and coincides with the development of an Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
- What do supporters of Resolution 1325, both inside and outside the Security Council, hope to achieve by the incorporation of a ‘gender perspective’ into peacekeeping operations?
- What has incorporating a ‘gender perspective’ into peacekeeping operations come to mean in practice?
- What has been the role of international law, both soft and hard, in supporting the promotion of a ‘gender perspective’ in peacekeeping practice?
- What specific challenges have been highlighted by the incorporation of a ‘gender perspective’ in peace support operations and how have those challenges been addressed?
- What future strategies for incorporating a ‘gender perspective’ are suggested by the experience of Resolution 1325?
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