The Role of Human Security in Addressing the Inclusion of Women: Nuclear Security and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Jordan and Egypt

Authors

Yara Shaban, Royal Scientific SocietyFollow
Jasmine Auda, Ambit Advisory / King's College LondonFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8031-7953

Abstract

This paper argues for a human security approach to women’s participation in nuclear security that stems from the larger Women, Peace and Security framework. This approach incorporates a gender perspective and a feminist lens that argues that women’s participation should extend beyond the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to include an understanding of the centrality of women’s role from a human security approach in peacebuilding participation, negotiation, and conflict prevention. The paper explores this nexus by reviewing Egypt and Jordan’s approach to Women, Peace and Security and argues for framing women’s inclusion within a human security perspective. The review revealed a need to shift the discourse beyond enhancing women’s roles in disarmament efforts, conflict prevention, and post-conflict peacebuilding toward addressing broader peace and sustainability issues. The paper also advocates adopting a feminist viewpoint that recognizes women’s varied contributions to security within complex societal and geopolitical landscapes.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7290/ijns09324158

Recommended Citation

Shaban, Yara and Auda, Jasmine (2025) "The Role of Human Security in Addressing the Inclusion of Women: Nuclear Security and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Jordan and Egypt," International Journal of Nuclear Security: Vol. 9: No. 3, Article 16.
https://doi.org/10.7290/ijns09324158
Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/ijns/vol9/iss3/16

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