Publications

Articles (peer-reviewed)

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2024. "Narratifs stratégiques dans les espaces diplomatiques multilatéraux : regard sur les Débats ouverts du Conseil de Sécurité sur les Femmes, la Paix et la SécuritéÉtudes Internationales. 

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2023. “Neither the Global North nor the Global South: Locating the post-Soviet Space in/out of the Women, Peace, and Security AgendaInternational Feminist Journal of Politics, 1-24.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2022. “Beyond Feminist Heroines: Framing the Discourses on Kurdish Women Fighters in Three Types of Western MediaFeminist Media Studies, 1-17.

Book chapters in an edited volume (peer-reviewed)

[Forthcoming] Santoire, Bénédicte. "Stronger Together: Women’s Peacebuilding Networks in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia" Re-thinking Feminist Perspectives on War, Peace and (In)security. Edited by Kateřina Krulišová, Míla O’Sullivan, and Annick T.R. Wibben.

[Forthcoming] Deschamps-Laporte, Laurence and Bénédicte Santoire. "Co-Existence or Competition? The Discursive and Normative Politics of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and Feminist Foreign Policies" Taking the F-Word Global: Energy and Backlash in Feminist Foreign Policy. Edited by Toni Haastrup, Jennifer Thomson, and Columba Achilleos-Sarll.

[Forthcoming] Santoire, Bénédicte. “Diplomatie et politiques étrangères féministes.” In À bas le genre, à bas la guerre? Approches féministes de la guerre, des armées et du militarisme, edited by Vanessa Gauthier Vela, Éloïs Voisin and Angeliki Drongiti. Paris : Éditions La Dispute, Le Genre du Monde.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2024. “Loud and Uncomfortable Silences: Ukraine and the Challenges, Limits, and Possibilities of Western Feminist Foreign Policies” In Feminist Perspective on Russia’s War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices, edited by Maryna Shevtsova. Rowman & Littlefield.

Book reviews and review essays

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2022. Book review of “Deploying Feminism: The Role of Gender in NATO Military Operations” by Stéfanie von Hlatky. International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2022. Review essay “Résolution 1325 et gouvernance globale : la diffusion de l’agenda Femmes, Paix et Sécurité (FPS) en tant que norme internationaleÉtudes internationales 53(1), 121-136.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2021. Book review of “New Directions in Women, Peace and Security” edited by Soumita Basu, Paul Kirby, and Laura J. Shepherd. International Feminist Journal of Politics 23(5), 839-41.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2020. Book review of “Insurgent Women. Female Combatants in Civil Wars” by Jessica Trisko Darden, Alexis Henshaw and Ora Szekely. Recherches féministes 33(1), 303-306.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2020. Book review of “Gender Roles in Peace and Security – Prevent, Protect, Participate” edited by Manuela Scheuermann and Anja Zürn. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. 26(3), 368-370.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2019. Book review of “Armed Conflict, Women and Climate Change” by Jody M. Prescott. Canadian Journal of Political Science 53(1), 212-214.

Other publications (Policy Sector, NGO, or other academic texts)

Santoire, Bénédicte and Abir Sadellah. 2024. “Digitalizing Peacebuilding in the Europe and Central Asia Region – A Look at Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans” Istanbul: UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, 18 pages.

Santoire, Bénédicte, Katrina Leclerc et Beth Woroniuk (eds.) 2024. "Foundations for Peace in Turbulent Times: Analysis of Canada’s Third National Action Plan on Women, Peace and SecurityWomen, Peace and Security Network-Canada (WPSN-C),52 pages.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2023. "My participation in Women, Peace and Security Week 2023: From cynicism to hope" Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada [blog], December 6th, 2023.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2023. “Myth-busting: Gender & demining” Mines Action Canada, 1 page. 

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2023. “Gender and Employment in Mine Action by the Numbers: An Update” Mines Action Canada, 9 pages.

Leclerc, Katrina, Bénédicte Santoire and Beth Woroniuk (eds.) 2023. “Fostering Feminist Peace at Home: Implications for CNAP 3Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada (WPSN-C), 38 pages.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2022. “WPS National Action Plans: Lessons Learned and Best Practices” Concept note prepared for WPS-Dialogue-FPS between Canadian civil society and the Government for the third National Action Plan of Canada. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada, May 2022.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2022. “Reacción antifeminista y politización de las normas globales de género: nota crítica sobre la agenda de Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad y la Convención de EstambulRevista Lüvo, 9(1), 12-15.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2022. “A Feminist Reality-Check on the Ukraine Crisis.” Research Network on Women, Peace and Security (RN-WPS), February 14th, 2022.

Santoire, Bénédicte. 2021. “Pour une politique étrangère féministe cohérenteCentre for International Policy Studies, June 4th, 2021.

Hunt, Erin and Bénédicte Santoire. 2021. “Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security: Moving towards humanitarian disarmament.In the report Reporting on Progress: Reflections on the Latest CNAP Report. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada, September 2021, p. 23-25.