ABSTRACT

This article draws on official sources to investigate how New Zealand interpreted its Women, Peace and Security obligations through the development and implementation of its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2015. Existing beliefs that New Zealand was already a ‘world leader’ in this field yielded an unambitious document. Government agencies such as the New Zealand Police (NZ Police) and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have gone on to make some gains under the narrow remit of the NAP, but resourcing and accountability are lacking. Moreover, this focus on perceived existing strengths, and the drawing of objectives from these, meant that New Zealand missed an opportunity to initiate the kind of deeper structural changes initially envisaged by WPS advocates. This article therefore closes with a discussion of how two broader processes – ‘re-gendering’ and ‘de-othering’ – could help New Zealand to better serve the original intent of the WPS agenda.

摘要

本文利用官方资料来调查新西兰如何通过2015年制定和实施其第一个国家行动计划（NAP）来解释其在妇女，和平与安全方面的义务。现有的信念是，新西兰已经在此方面是“世界领导者”领域产生了一份明确的文件。在国家行动计划的狭窄职权范围内，诸如新西兰警察（NZ Police）和新西兰国防军（NZDF）之类的政府机构已经取得了一些成就，但缺乏资源和责任制。此外，由于将重点放在感知的现有优势上，并从这些优势中得出目标，这意味着新西兰错过了发起WPS倡导者最初设想的那种更深层次的结构变革的机会。