ABSTRACT
This chapter, and the three case study chapters that follow, conduct an appraisal of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 via an examination of gender mainstreaming in the UN Peace Support Operations (PSOs) in Mali, Lebanon and Timor-Leste. As mentioned earlier in the book, research has shown that more gender-equal states are more secure and less likely to engage in hostilities. This also pertains to the level of the individual. An increase in overall gender equality in a society increases the security of individual women.
