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Este artigo¹ discute os avanços e desafios para se alcançar o equilíbrio numérico entre homens e mulheres que compõem os componentes militares das Operações de Paz das Nações Unidas. Há relativo consenso quanto à importância do aumento da presença feminina em campo; entretanto, necessário se faz analisar em que medida as justificativas para o aumento do número de mulheres contrastam com ideias convencionais sobre os espaços a serem ocupados por elas nos instrumentos de manutenção da paz. Com base em teorias feministas e de gênero, este artigo questiona o discurso apresentado pela ONU em prol da estratégia de Equilíbrio de Gênero.

On 8 March 2017, International Women's Day, Brazil adopted a two-year National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) with a clear commitment by the government for integrating gender perspectives in peace and security policies. With this decision, Brazil responded to the UN Security Council's call for all Member States to develop national strategies to allow for successful implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). Considering that it took almost two decades for Brazil to consider adopting its own plan, the driving forces behind this decision beg further exploration. This article draws on the concept of gender entrepreneurs to argue that the emergence of the Brazilian NAP was the result of an informal network of like-minded women, positioned inside and outside the government's structures, who teamed up to harness political opportunities for change and push for the adoption of WPS global norms into a formal national commitment.