How does the presence of female rebel combatants during conflict influence the likelihood of United Nations post-conflict peacekeeping deployment? While past literature on peacekeeping emphasizes the role of conflict attributes and security council interests, only few studies investigate the importance of belligerent characteristics. We argue that, because dominant gender stereotypes paint women as peaceful, female rebel combatants lead domestic and international audiences to perceive conflicts in which they fight as more severe. Given that recent UN resolutions and mission mandates align with these stereotypes, this in turn, causes the UN to intervene and deploy peacekeepers. Multivariate regression models drawing on a global sample of UN post-conflict missions provide empirical support for our hypothesis. Our findings add to the growing body of literature emphasizing the role of women in combat roles, and contribute to the discussion on the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security agenda.

冲突期间女性反叛战斗人员的存在如何影响联合国冲突后维和部署的可能性？虽然过去关于维和的文献强调冲突属性和安理会利益的作用，但很少有研究调查好战特征的重要性。我们认为，由于占主导地位的性别刻板印象将女性描绘成和平的女性，因此女性反叛战斗人员导致国内和国际观众认为她们参与的冲突更为严重。鉴于最近的联合国决议和任务授权与这些陈规定型观念一致，这反过来又导致联合国进行干预和部署维和人员。借鉴联合国冲突后特派团全球样本的多元回归模型为我们的假设提供了实证支持。