Connecting human development, dignity, and gender equality to enhance Peace: an international legal feminist perspective

This contribution is based on the book The Practice of Human Development and Dignity, edited by Paolo Carozza and Clemens Sedmak, which is an interdisciplinary attempt to grasp the complexity of the concepts of human development and dignity looking at the practice in different contexts. My analysis will focus on the first two parts of the book, namely Conceptualizing dignity through practice and Dignity, well-being, and flourishing: relating objective and subjective dimensions. My reading of the book is inspired by a feminist international legal perspective, looking more specifically into the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS Agenda) of the United Nations (UN), and applying the arguments stemming from the Carozza and Sedmak’s work to the role of women in conflict and post-conflict settings.