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Dyason House Podcast: Gender, Peace and Security

20 May 2019
By Professor Jacqui True FAIIA and Associate Professor Katrina Lee-Koo
United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security 2017. Photo: UN Women, Flickr, https://bit.ly/1mhaR6e.

The Dyason House podcast returns for a third season with special guests Professor Jacqui True and Associate Professor Katrina Lee-Koo from the Monash Centre for Gender Peace and Security. The pair shed light on what gender, peace and security studies entail, what happens when women are given full agency and meaningful participation in the peace process and why we need to continue standing up for under-represented groups impacted by violence.

Professor Jacqui True teaches politics & International Relations and is an Australian Research Council future fellow at Monash University, Australia. She is also director of the Monash Centre for Gender, Peace and Security.

Associate Professor Katrina Lee-Koo teaches International Relations at Monash University and is deputy director of the Monash Centre for Gender, Peace and Security.

Interview by AIIA VIC’s Clancy Balen.

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