Dr Marsha Henry is Deputy Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security and Associate Professor in the Gender Institute.
Dr Henry's research interests focus on gender and development, gender and militarisation, and qualitative methodologies. Over the past 12 years, her research interests have been concentrated on documenting the social experiences of living and working in peacekeeping missions. Her recent research focusses on peacekeepers from the Global South.
Selected Projects
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Gender, Peacekeeping and Justice in Postconflict Contexts (GI RIIF)
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Engendering Peacekeeping: The Experiences of Indian Women Peacekeepers, (STICERD, LSE)
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Peacekeeping, Poverty, and Development: Towards an Understanding of the Gendered Peacekeeping Economies in the DRC, Sudan,and Liberia (Norwegian Research Council)
Books
Selected Articles
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Henry, M (2015) 'Parades, Parties and Pests: Contradictions of Everyday Life in Peacekeeping Economies', Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, (published online 27 August 2015)
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Kirby, P and Henry, M. (2012) ‘Rethinking Masculinity in Conflict and Postconflict Settings’, International Feminist Journal of Politics, (eds M. Henry and P. Kirby), Volume 14, Issue 4: pp. 445-449.
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Henry, M. (2012) 'Peacexploitation? Interrogating Labor Hierarchies and Global Sisterhood Among Indian and Uruguayan Female Peacekeepers' Globalizations, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 15-33.
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Higate, P. and Henry, M. (2010) ‘Space, Performance and Everyday Security in the Peacekeeping Context’, International Peacekeeping, Vol 17, No 1, pp. 32-48.
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Henry, M., Higate, P. and Sanghera, G (2009) ‘Power and Positionality: The Politics of Peacekeeping Research’, International Peacekeeping, 16(4) pp. 467-482.
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Henry, M. (2007) ‘Gender, Security and Development’ Conflict, Security and Development, Vol. 7, Issue 1., pp. 61-84.
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Henry, M. (2007) ‘If the Shoe Fits: Authority, Authenticity and Agency in Feminist Diasporic Research’ Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 30, Issue 1, Jan/Feb, pp. 70-80.
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Higate, P. and Henry, M. (2004) ‘Engendering (In)security in Peacekeeping Operations’, Security Dialogue Vol. 35 (4), pp. 481-498.
Selected Chapters
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Hyde, A and Henry, M. (2013) 'The Contributions of Cynthia Enloe's Bananas, Bases and Beaches' Classics of International Relations: Seminal Works of International Theory from Angell to Deudney eds H. Bliddal, C. Sylvester and P. Wilson, Routledge, pp. 197-207.
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Henry, M. (2013) 'Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping Missions: Reconceptualising Agency and Gender Relations' Agency and Coercion, eds A. Phillips, K. Wilson and S. Madhok, Routledge, pp.122-142.
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Henry, M. and Higate, P. (2013) ‘Peacekeeping Power Practices and Women's Insecurity in Haiti' Building Walls, Unmaking Borders, Constructing Identities: The Securitization of Space and the Making of Community Imagination eds M. Stephenson and L. Zanotti, Ashgate, pp. 133-154.
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Henry, M. (2012) 'Peacexploitation? Interrogating Labor Hierarchies and Global Sisterhood Among Indian and Uruguayan Female Peacekeepers' Global South to the Rescue, Routledge Rethinking Globalizations Series.
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Higate, P. and Henry, M. (2011) ‘Militarising Spaces: A Geographical Exploration of Southern Cyprus’ in Reconstructing Conflict: Integrating War and Post-War Geographies, Scott Kirsch and Colin Flint (eds), Ashgate, pp. 133-156.
Research Reports
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Higate, PR & Henry, M. (2006) ‘Between Warrior and Humanitarian Security: Perceptions of Past and Present Peacekeeping in Liberia’, Chatham House
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Henry, M. (2005) ‘Gender, Security and Development: A CSDG Working Paper’ for The International Policy Institute/King's College London and the Swedish Ministry for Development