This article provides an overview to this special issue of JASIA, entitled ‘Gender, Conflict and Security: Perspectives from South Asia’. Gender intersects with conflict and security and yet remains at the margins of academic theorizing, policy priority and practitioner perspectives in South Asia. This special issue puts forth fresh insights into how and why the lived experiences of women in South Asia (particularly from areas of protracted conflict such as Nepal, India and Sri Lanka) are different? And how and why these impinge on the global discourse on security? It argues that this analysis is pertinent not just from the standpoint of academic theorizing on security but also from the perspective of international security policy like the United Nations led Women, Peace and Security Agenda. This is the 17th year of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, and only Nepal and Afghanistan in South Asia have a National Action Plan. This special issue also critically examines the key gaps in the international policy on Women, Peace and Security Agenda and how it ‘speaks’ or ‘not speaks’ to the contextual reality of South Asia.

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性别、冲突与安全：来自南亚的观点

本文概述了 JASIA 的这一特刊，题为“性别、冲突和安全：来自南亚的观点”。性别与冲突和安全相互交织，但仍处于南亚学术理论、政策优先和从业者观点的边缘。本期特刊对南亚（尤其是尼泊尔、印度和斯里兰卡等长期冲突地区）妇女的生活经历有何不同以及为何有所不同提出了新见解？以及如何以及为什么会影响全球安全讨论？它认为，这种分析不仅从安全学术理论的角度来看，而且从国际安全政策的角度来看也是中肯的，比如联合国领导的妇女、和平与安全议程。今年是联合国安理会第1325号决议通过的第17个年头，南亚只有尼泊尔和阿富汗有国家行动计划。本期特刊还批判性地审视了关于妇女、和平与安全议程的国际政策中的主要差距，以及它如何“说明”或“不说明”南亚的实际情况。