Too Much That Can't Be Said

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Notes on contributors

Natalie Florea Hudson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton, where she also serves as the Director of the Human Rights Studies Program. She specializes in gender and international relations, the politics of human rights, human security and international law and organization. Her book, Gender, Human Security and the UN: Security Language as a Political Framework for Women (Routledge, 2009) examines the organizational dynamics of women's activism in the United Nations system and how women have come to embrace and been impacted by the security discourse in their work for rights and equality. She is a co-author of Global Politics (McGraw-Hill, 2013) and numerous articles appearing in journals, such as International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Journal of Human Rights, International Journal, Simulation and Gaming and Global Change, Peace and Security.Anne Marie Goetz works at New York University's Center for Global Affairs as a Clinical Professor. Prior to joining, she was the Chief Advisor on Peace and Security at UN Women where she supported women's engagement in resolving conflict and engaging in public decision making. She also worked on combatting the use of sexual violence as a tactic of warfare, and on strengthening accountability for implementing all aspects of the women, peace and security agenda. Prior to joining the UN in 2005, she was a Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex where she worked for almost fifteen years. She specializes in the study of democratic governance in development, and gender and conflict. She is the author of eight books on the subjects of gender and politics in developing countries, and on accountability reforms, including Governing Women (2009), and (with Rob Jenkins) Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development (2005).

Notes

1 Resolution 1325 was unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council in October 2000. This landmark resolution was the first time that the Security Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and recognized the under-valued and under-utilized contributions women make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding. It also stressed the importance of women's equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security. Crucially, this legally binding resolution represents international political recognition of the relevance of women and gender for international peace and security.

2 Navi Pillay has been serving as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2008. As the principal human rights official of the UN, she has a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights. Before becoming High Commissioner, Ms Pillay served as a judge on the International Criminal Court and as President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.