Joanne Sandler

Joanne Sandler is an international gender equality policy adviser, academic and broadcaster. She is Honorary Professor in Gender Equality and Policy at King's College London. She served as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) from 2001 to 2010.[1]

Career

Sandler held senior leadership roles at UNIFEM, including Deputy Executive Director for programmes, and served for a period as Acting Executive Director.[1][2] UNIFEM was the principal United Nations entity dedicated to women's rights prior to the creation of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), which became operational in 2011.

Following the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, Sandler oversaw an independent expert assessment examining the impact of armed conflict on women and their participation in peace processes.[3] Sandler has been quoted as a commentator on UN Women and international women's rights policy in UN-focused journalism.[4]

Scholarly discussion

Sandler has been discussed in scholarship on feminist bureaucrats and feminist practice inside international organisations. Rosalind Eyben quotes and cites Sandler in a chapter analysing organisational power, hierarchy and gender equality work in the United Nations system.[5]

Sandler is also referenced in academic research examining feminist practice in international bureaucracies,[6] and in peer-reviewed journal literature analysing the role of "femocrats" within international institutions.[7]

Sandler is listed as a contributor in The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements, an academic reference work published by Oxford University Press.[8]

Selected works

  • Sandler, Joanne, and Anne Marie Goetz. 2020. "Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?" Gender & Development 28 (2).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gender Equality Is Key to Achieving the MDGs: Women and Girls Are Central to Development". UN Chronicle. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Icelandic National Committee for UNIFEM donates US$1.4 million to UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women". ReliefWeb. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  3. ^ Rehn, Elisabeth; Johnson Sirleaf, Ellen, eds. (2002). Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts' Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women's Role in Peace-building. UNIFEM. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  4. ^ "What Should the New Head of UN Women Tackle First? Strong Advice From Feminists". PassBlue. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  5. ^ Eyben, Rosalind (2013). "Feminist practice in a world of power". Feminist activism and the politics of gender equality. Routledge. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  6. ^ Leach, Rachel (2016). Feminist Practice in an International Bureaucracy (PhD thesis). University of Toronto. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  7. ^ Mahmoudi, Farah (2024). "A Tale of Two Femocrats: Feminist Bureaucrats and the Politics of Gender Equality in International Organisations". Cooperation and Conflict. SAGE. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  8. ^ Baksh, Rawwida; Harcourt, Wendy, eds. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  9. ^ Sandler, Joanne; Goetz, Anne Marie (2020). "Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?". Gender & Development. 28 (2): 239–255. doi:10.1080/13552074.2020.1753432.
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