Journal Citation:
14(1) GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF GENDER AND THE LAW 83-132 (2013)
This article suggests that NATO's
strategic action plan to mainstream gender
issues should be analyzed through the
critical lens of feminist theory in
general, and the feminist critique of the
law of armed conflict specifically.
Although international organizations,
national policies and initiatives all work
toward achieving greater protection of
women and girls in the course of conflict,
these assorted resolutions and other
instruments should not be used as a kind
of 'checklist'. True gender mainstreaming
requires NATO militaries, not just
political leadership and civilian support
staff, to engage with feminist critics in
order to develop a common vocabulary
around their respective gender ideologies.