Margaret McGuiness focuses on the role women
have played and need to play during the
process of armed-conflict resolution. She
looks at recent efforts that have been made
in international human rights treaties
including CEDAW, the UNSCR 1325, and the
Beijing Conference in 2005 towards ensuring
that women have more active roles in this
process. McGuiness argues that armed conflict
is not a gender-neutral event and that the
resolution process has to include women in
order to rectify past harms and to ensure
lasting peace going forward. She explores the