This book proposes that work on the Women, Peace and Security agenda undertaken by civil society actors can be interpreted as a form of care labour that nourishes and sustains the agenda – without which the agenda could not succeed. The care labour of civil society is thus a condition of the Women, Peace and Security agenda’s success.

This book explores how gender equality, a central part of the Nordic imaginary, is used in the political communication of Nordic states. The analyses critically investigate how and to what extent gender equality serves nation-branding in the Nordic region.

This book critically analyses the European Union’s promotion of LGBTI rights in the international arena. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex rights are heavily contested across the globe, with over 70 countries criminalizing same-sex relations and at least 10 imposing the death penalty.

This book provides a much-needed gendered reading to the increasingly important practice of political apology.