Anna Marie Obermeier

Anna Marie Obermeier left PRIO in 2023. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Email: annobe@prio.org

X: @akobermeier

Research Interests

Intersectional and feminist research methods

Armed actors

United Nations Security Council

Feminist security studies

Anna Marie Obermeier
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Comment

Tuesday, 24 Jun 2025

Security Council members at meeting on Liberia. Photo: UN Photo / Rick Bajornas

How do women ambassadors reshape diplomacy at the UN Security Council?

On the occasion of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, 24 June.

News

Monday, 18 Dec 2023

Oslo Peace Days Children of the Enemy. Photo: Cinemic Film

PRIO GPS at Oslo Peace Days 2023

For a week in December each year, Oslo city invites the public to learn about and discuss important issues related to peace, democracy and human rights. The series of events are called Oslo Peace Days.

Policy brief

2023

Women in Proximity to Conflict: A new indicator in the Women, Peace and Security Index 2023/24

Conflict Trends

Report – other

2023

Women, Peace, and Security Index 2023/24: Tracking Sustainable Peace through Inclusion, Justice, and Security for Women

Press release

Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023

Masouda teaches around 20 young girls in a small room adjoining near her house in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Getty Images

Afghanistan Ranks Bottom of Global Index on Women’s Status

Afghanistan ranks worst of 177 countries in terms of the status of women, according to this year’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index launched today in New York.

Policy brief

2023

Gender Provisions in Ceasefires

Conflict Trends

Event

Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023 09:00–10:30 UTC+02

Queering Research

What does it mean to use queer theory or to queer research and what are some examples of this? This breakfast seminar brings together researchers from disciplines within political science, conflict research, and history to discuss their use of queer theory and queer research practices.

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka leaving office as the executive director of UN Women in 2021. ITU Pictures / Flickr / cc-by-2.0

Representation Is Not Enough: Women Briefing the UN Security Council

Inviting more women to brief the United Nations Security Council helps include them in decision-making on international peace and security. But despite progress, challenges remain. The Council must integrate recommendations from women’s voices into Council decisions. As the struggle over existing norms in multilateral systems has hardened, women’s rights have ...

News

Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Comfort Ero, Interim Vice President and Program Director of the International Crisis Group, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Photo: Evan Schneider / United Nations Photo

New ECPR Blog Published by The Loop, «Representation is not Enough: Women Briefing the UN Security Council»

In a new blog, Anna Marie Obermeier and Louise Olsson reflect on the fact that European states have decided to promote women’s inclusion in peace and security.

Book chapter

2025

Gender and Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan

Women Ambassadors in the UN Security Council: Are They Shaping the Practice of Diplomacy?

Book chapter in Gender and Diplomacy: Critical Junctures, Innovations and Future Research Directions

Recorded event

Friday, 8 Dec 2023 09:00–10:30 UTC+01

Masouda teaches young girls near her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 8, 2022. Photo: Sandra Calligaro/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

01:27:24

The Best and Worst Places for Women in the World - A panel on the Women, Peace and Security Index 2023

Oslo Peace Days event 2023

Policy brief

2023

The Women, Peace and Security Index, 2023/24: Key Findings

GPS Policy Brief

News

Wednesday, 1 Nov 2023

The PRIO and Crisis Group team, who orchestrated the workshop. Photo: PRIO

Women’s Participation in Ceasefire Negotiations

Ceasefire negotiations are primarily male-dominated enterprises that often set the groundwork for future peace talks. Understanding them is thus vital for enhancing women's participation and including broader social interests in future peace efforts.

News

Monday, 23 Oct 2023

Launch of the 2023-24 Global Women, Peace and Security Index

The 2023/24 WPS Index scores and ranks the status of women in 177 countries and features amongst other, new country rankings, deep-dive analysis into political violence targeting women and a spotlight on conflict trends in 2022.

News

Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023

PRIO Seminar on Queering Research on April 26th

What does it mean to use queer theory or to queer research and what are some examples of this? Today's breakfast seminar brought together researchers from disciplines within political science, conflict research, and history to discuss their use of queer theory and queer research practices.

PRIO Blogs

Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022

Photo: United States Army / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. United States Army / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons

Sexual Violence by Military Leaders: The Canadian Leadership Crisis

Content Warning: This blog contains content related to sexual violence and sexual assault. The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is steeped in a culture of sexual misconduct. CAF leadership has allowed an environment of sexual misconduct to fester for decades, stretching from military colleges through every branch of the military. Thirteen ...

Current projects

Project

May 2017 –

Global Women, Peace and Security Index

Led by Siri Aas Rustad.

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