Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Farah Faizal
- Qualifications:
- Phd
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Senior Research Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 01-Sep-2026 to 01-Sep-2028
- Institute:
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Email address:
- farah.faizal@sas.ac.uk
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Globalization & Development, Human rights, International Relations, Political Institutions, Politics
- Regions:
- Asia
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details 01-Jun-2026 Rising Tides: Climate Risks for the Maldives and the WPS Prevention Pillar Journal articles
At twenty-five years on, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda faces growing
pressure to address forms of insecurity that extend beyond armed conflict. This article
examines climate change in the Maldives through the lens of the WPS Prevention pillar,
arguing that climate-related risks expose the limitations of conflict-centric interpretations of
prevention. Using the Maldives as a critical case, it shows how climate change constitutes an
existential and deeply gendered security threat, generating slow-onset harms that undermine
livelihoods, health, social cohesion, and political stability in the absence of war. The analysis
demonstrates that Maldivian women are not only disproportionately affected by
environmental decline, but also act as key preventive agents through early warning,
adaptation, care, and community governance. By examining climate diplomacy, local
resilience practices, and gender-responsive climate finance, the article calls for closer
convergence between WPS and climate policy and a reconceptualization of the prevention
pillar.
21-Nov-2025 From Mandate to Malaise? The Effectiveness of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group: The Maldives Case, 2009–2013 Journal articles
The article examines one of the most significant tests of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG): the political crisis in the Maldives between 2009 and 2013. Rather than simply recounting events, it asks a broader question: How effective is CMAG as the Commonwealth's principal mechanism for defending democracy and constitutional governance?
01-Oct-2005 Women, Security, South Asia: A Clearing in the Thicket Edited Book
This book explores women′s perspectives on matters of security and related policy, focusing on women in South Asia who are battling society, insecurity and violence in some form. The book makes three important contributions. First, it examines existing theories of security. Secondly, it goes beyond critique and narrative to seek concrete new agendas for empirical research in security studies. Finally, it brings together statistical, ethnographic and survey data.