{"id":8621,"date":"2026-03-14T05:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/twenty-five-years-of-men-boys-and-masculinities-in-the-wps-agenda\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T05:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:48:07","slug":"twenty-five-years-of-men-boys-and-masculinities-in-the-wps-agenda","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/twenty-five-years-of-men-boys-and-masculinities-in-the-wps-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-five Years of Men, Boys and Masculinities in the WPS Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content column\">\n<div class=\"highlighted\">\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-breadcrumbs\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"system-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n          \t\t            \t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\">SIPRI Publications<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-page-title\" class=\"block block-core\">\n<h1>\n<span>Twenty-five Years of Men, Boys and Masculinities in the WPS Agenda<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views\" id=\"views-block-publications-block-4\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-74fc315805ed85ee7db283f26103984ba87dd768a45b40853d6ce89e2395b16c\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/publications_lareg\/public\/2026-03\/rpp_2026_03_25_years_of_men_cover_0.png?itok=4e1tJ9l9\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" alt=\"rpp_2026_03_25_years_of_men_cover\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-view\"><span class=\"field-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-c8dae28c1e02053a1062a3bca7538fead79ca078efb4bf86fa0125867c4775ab\">\n<p> <span class=\"_743 views-row\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/gretchen-baldwin\" hreflang=\"en\">Gretchen Baldwin<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-year-of-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">March 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-loaction\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Stockholm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-name\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">SIPRI<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-doi\">\n<p class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/RVPD4164\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/RVPD4164<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-content\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"7695\" class=\"node node--type-publication node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-pdf-full-publication field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item button_style\">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/rpp_2026_03_25_years_of_men.pdf\">DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION<\/a>\n      <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>The conflation of \u2018gender\u2019 with \u2018women\u2019 is a persistent problem in peace and security, including in the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda\u2019s policy and implementation ecosystem. Decision makers still resist a definition of gender that includes men and boys, as well as LGBTQ+ people. Despite this, the gendered experiences of these groups and how those experiences are formed are critical to understanding social cohesion, insecurity and armed conflict and its effects more widely.<\/p>\n<p>This SIPRI Research Policy Paper explores how men and boys can be considered in the WPS agenda\u2019s implementation beyond simply \u2018adding men and stirring\u2019. While there is a some history of men and masculinities being included in discussions on the agenda, long-term, meaningful overlap between work on men and masculinities and the WPS agenda remains rare. In a moment of increased geopolitical tensions and fast-advancing wars, it is essential that civil society, researchers and states alike include men and masculinities across the four pillars of the WPS agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-contents field--label-above\">\n<div class=\"label\">Table of contents<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p class=\"p1\">I.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Introduction<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">II.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Men, boys and masculinities in the WPS agenda<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">III.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>The WPS agenda at 25 years<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">IV.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Applying a masculinities lens to the WPS agenda\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">V.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Conclusions and recommendations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)\/EDITORS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dynamic-block-fieldnode-commentary-about-the-authors field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<div class=\"views-element-container\">\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-91aafbc06f52024fb847a566d5c4f2892c8e56b04237ebb6e10deda8f0a91d76\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/gretchen-baldwin\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2025-01\/93eaa94b-0715-447c-97e7-a89e4a2d420f_1_201_a.jpeg?itok=1y9ajOZT\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Gretchen Baldwin\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/gretchen-baldwin\" hreflang=\"en\">Gretchen Baldwin<\/a> is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg back-to-top\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to return to the top of the page\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"left\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-up fa-4x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/2026\/policy-reports\/twenty-five-years-men-boys-and-masculinities-wps-agenda?rand=6456\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb SIPRI Publications Twenty-five Years of Men, Boys and Masculinities in the WPS Agenda Gretchen Baldwin March 2026 Stockholm SIPRI https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/RVPD4164 DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION The conflation of \u2018gender\u2019 with \u2018women\u2019 is a persistent problem in peace and security, including in the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda\u2019s policy and implementation ecosystem. Decision makers still resist a definition of gender that&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":99076,"featured_media":8622,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1251,1710,2096,1281,2095,2097,377],"ground_category":[315,317],"class_list":["post-8621","ground_post","type-ground_post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-agenda","tag-boys","tag-masculinities","tag-men","tag-twentyfive","tag-wps","tag-years","ground_category-2-grounds-tribulation","ground_category-2-2-time-dispute"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/rpp_2026_03_25_years_of_men_cover_0.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/8621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ground_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/8621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8621"},{"taxonomy":"ground_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_category?post=8621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}