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Publications

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Edited Books:

  1. Leclerc, K., Singh, N., & Graham, S. (Eds.). (2026). Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States: A Fragmented Peace. Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003689096

  2. Leclerc, K., Yague, E. I. B., & Berents, H. (Eds.). (2025). Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict (1st ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-95862-5

 

Journal Articles:

  1. Leclerc, K. (2026). Building relational power: queer youth, partnerships and the YPS agenda. Journal of Gender Studies, 1–13. DOI:10.1080/09589236.2026.2647416

  2. Leclerc, K. (2025). Bridging the Generational Divide: Youth Inclusion in Canada’s Women, Peace and Security Commitments. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 31(2), 197–220. DOI:10.1080/11926422.2025.2603712

  3. Leclerc, K. (2025). Localising Women, Peace, and Security: Community Agency and Ownership Beyond National Policies. Development in Practice, 36(6), 1052–1062. DOI:10.1080/09614524.2025.2565609

  4. Leclerc, K. (2025). Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Canada. Politics & Gender, 21(3), 645–650. DOI:10.1017/S1743923X25100196

  5. Leclerc, K., & Pourmalek, P. (2024). Women Peacebuilders at the Forefront of COVID-19: Documenting Feminist Approaches to Reducing Impacts of Crises. International Studies Review, 26(4), DOI:10.1093/isr/viae041.3

  6. Leclerc, K., Stoumen, N., Despain, A., & Zabihi, S. (2023). Slipping Through the Cracks: Young Women’s Exclusion from Peace and Security Processes. Al-Raida, 47(1), 3-30. 

  7. Leclerc, K., & Wong, S. (2021). North America needs Youth, Peace and Security: young people shifting tides for positive peace. Potentia: Journal of International and Public Affairs. Centre for International Policy Studies: University of Ottawa. DOI: 10.18192/potentia.v12i0.5885

  8. Leclerc, K., & Rouhshahbaz, S. (2021). Young Peacebuilders Challenge Traditional Knowledge Creation. Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis, 6, 16-40. ISSN: 2631-746X (Print)

  9. Leclerc, K. (2021). Gender Perspectives in Contemporary Peacebuilding: Collaborative Approaches to Conflict Responses. Global Affairs Review, 2(1), 1-19. DOI:10.51330/gar.0020213

 

​​Book Chapters:

  1. Leclerc, K., Graham, S., & Singh, N. (2026). Across a Shared Border: Feminist Solidarity and the State of WPS in Canada and the United States. In Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States (pp. 9-14). Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003689096-2

  2. Woroniuk, B., & Leclerc, K. (2026). Now You See It, Now You Donʼt: Canada and the WPS Agenda. In Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States (pp. 97-117). Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003689096-9

  3. Leclerc, K., Bohémier, A., & Farion, S. (2026). Gender essentialism in WPS: The political erasure of trans women in North American security discourse. In Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States (pp. 185-205). Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003689096-14

  4. Leclerc, K., & Wong, S. (2026). Youth as Catalysts for De-polarisation: Leveraging the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in North America. In Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States (pp. 225-243). Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781003689096-16

  5. Leclerc, K., & Rouhshahbaz, S. (2026). Young Peacebuilders as Architects of Knowledge Challenging Traditional Paradigms. In Overcoming Violence in Transdisciplinary Perspective: A Praxis Anthology of Peace (pp. 173-200). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. DOI:10.1007/978-981-95-4518-6_8

  6. Leclerc, K., Yague, E. I. B., & Berents, H. (2025). Young People as Movers and Shakers of Peace and Security. In K. Leclerc, E. I. B. Yague, & H. Berents (Eds.), Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-95862-5_1

  7. Mboumien, S. M., & Leclerc, K. (2025). Local Voices, Global Impact: Youth, Peace and Security Discourse Analysis in Northwestern Cameroon. In K. Leclerc, E. I. B. Yague, & H. Berents (Eds.), Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-95862-5_4

  8. Leclerc, K., & Rouhshahbaz, S. (2025). Young Peacebuilders as Architects of Knowledge: Challenging Traditional Paradigms (Ed.), Overcoming Violence in Transdisciplinary Perspective: A Praxis Anthology of Peace (p. 149-172). Frontpage Publications.  

  9. Leclerc, K. (2021). Instrumentalizing the Youth, Peace and Security agenda for meaningful impact and growth (Ed.), Youth, peacebuilding, and sustainability: Connecting Theory to Practice (p. 19-32). Manila: Seeds for Mindanao’s Advocacy and Youth Leadership.

  10. Leclerc, K. (2021). More Than tokens: Canadian Women in Decision-making Processes in the Post-1995 Beijing Platform for Action Era (Ed.), The Journey to Gender Equality: Mapping the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Plan for Action (p. 80-89). San José: University for Peace.

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Policy Analysis and Research Reports:

  1. Leclerc, K. (2026). Digital diplomacy at the intersections of WPS–YPS: Young women’s agency in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies – Estonia, in collaboration with UN Women Georgia. https://gfsise.ee/digital-diplomacy-at-the-intersections-of-wps-yps-young-womens-agency-in-eastern-europe-and-the-south-caucasus/

  2. Berents, H., Valladares, I., Nesterova, Y., & Leclerc, K. (2026). Beyond consultations: Intergenerational engagement in youth, peace and security: Lessons from national action plan processes in Finland, Philippines, Nigeria, and Democratic Republic of Congo [Research report]. Griffith University. DOI:10.25904/1912/5914

  3. Leclerc, K., Biskupski-Mujanovic, S., & Keeler, S. (2025). WPS at 25 and Canada’s CNAP3: Feminist Reflections on Progress and Gaps. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/what-we-do/publications-and-reports/wps-at-25-and-canadas-cnap3-feminist-reflections-on-progress-and-gaps/

  4. Leclerc, K. (2025). Overlapping Pillars, Missed Opportunities: Building Coherence across WPS and YPS. Research Network on Women, Peace and Security. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23553.57448

  5. Leclerc, K., & Bohémier, A. (2025). No Peace Without Pride: Integrating LGBTQI+ Perspectives into Youth, Peace and Security. Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace & Security. https://www.canadayps.org/no-peace-without-pride

  6. Leclerc, K. (2024). The Role of Allyship in the WPS Community Amid the Genocide in Palestine. In Mian, U., & Tasker, H. (Ed.), Palestine is a Canadian Women, Peace and Security Issue: Obligations and Opportunities. (pp. 31-33). Palestine Working Group of the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/what-we-do/publications-and-reports/palestine-is-a-canadian-women-peace-and-security-issue-obligations-and-opportunities/​

  7. Santoire, B., Leclerc, K., & Woroniuk, B. (2024). "Foundations for Peace" in Turbulent Times: Analysis of Canada’s Third National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/what-we-do/publications-and-reports/foundations-for-peace-in-turbulent-times-analysis-of-canadas-third-national-action-plan-on-women-peace-security/

  8. Leclerc, K., & Mugo, A. (2024). Young Women in the Lead: A thematic paper on actualizing the nexus between Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) on the occasion of the UN Secretary-General’s third report on YPS to the Security Council. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/young-women-in-the-lead-a-thematic-paper-on-actualizing-the-nexus-between-women-peace-and-security-wps-and-youth-peace-and-security-yps-on-the-occasion-of-the-un-secretary-generals-thi/​

  9. Leclerc, K., Santoire, B., & Woroniuk, B. (2023). Fostering Feminist Peace At Home: Implications for CNAP3. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/what-we-do/publications-and-reports/fostering-feminist-peace-at-home-implications-for-cnap3-2023/​

  10. Woroniuk, B., Leclerc, K., & St-Pierre, K. (2021). Reporting on Progress: Reflections on the Latest CNAP Report. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/reporting-on-progress/

  11. Leclerc, K., Woroniuk, B., & Wählen, C. (2021). Reflections on Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security: Gains, Gaps & Goals. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/2021/03/30/reflections-on-canadas-national-action-plan-on-women-peace-and-security-gains-gaps-goals/​

  12. Leclerc, K. (2021, June 16). WPSN-C Remarks for Ministerial with CNAP Partners [Conference presentation]. Global Affairs Canada, online. https://wpsn-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CNAP-Ministerial-June-2021_-WPSN-C-remarks.docx.pdf

  13. Leclerc, K., & Campbell, A. (2019, December 12). Témoignages : La vie politique chez les jeunes femmes. PrésentEs. Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne, 6(3), 53-57. https://affc.ca/publications/automne-2019-femmes-en-politique/

  14. Leclerc, K., & Campbell, A. (2019). Political participation: Where are the young women?. Feminist Word. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 5, 22-23. https://www.criaw-icref.ca/publications/f-word-spring-2019/

  15. Leclerc, K. (2018). L’espace du féminisme sur la scène internationale. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 4, 8-9. https://www.criaw-icref.ca/publications/f-word-summer-2018/

 

Blogs and Opinion Editorials:

  1. Leclerc, K. (2025, October 27). Not the Future, the Present: Understanding the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda. British Institute of Global Affairs. https://biga.org.uk/not-the-future-the-present-understanding-the-youth-peace-and-security-agenda/

  2. Leclerc, K. (2025, June 3). #WPSAdvice: From Crisis to Commitment: Why the New Government Must Lead on Women, Peace and Security. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/2025/06/03/wpsadvice-from-crisis-to-commitment-why-the-new-government-must-lead-on-women-peace-and-security/

  3. Leclerc, K. (2025, March 10). Héritières de paix et disruptrices de sécurité : Les jeunes femmes réinventent l’avenir. Blogue : Population & Security. https://populationandsecurity.com/heritieres-de-paix-et-disruptrices-de-securite-les-jeunes-femmes-reinventent-lavenir/ [Winner of “Best French Blog on Women and Security 2025” sponsored by Women in International Security-Canada]

  4. Leclerc, K. (2024, October 28). Être allié-e-s pour la paix et la sécurité des femmes en Palestine. Blogue Un seul monde: Institut d'études internationales de Montréal. https://ieim.uqam.ca/etre-allie-e-s-pour-la-paix-et-la-securite-des-femmes-en-palestine/​

  5. Crighton, M., & Leclerc, K. (2021). Recognizing growth: How peace and security agendas can diverge and remain mutually supportive. Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace and Security. https://www.canadayps.org/post/recognizing-growth-how-peace-and-security-agendas-can-diverge-and-remain-mutually-supportive​​

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Editor, Coordinator or Contributor to Publications Intended for General Public:

  1. Editor: Bohémier, A. (2026). LGBTQI+ Youth at the Margins: A Thematic Paper for the Second Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security. Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace & Security. https://www.canadayps.org/lgbtqi-youth-at-the-margins

  2. Editor & Project Advisor: Enriquez, J., Foote, A., Frace, A., Quintanilla, P. M., Milroy, S., Strasser, A., & Yoshikawa, Y. (2023). Research Report: Women’s Meaningful Participation in Post-Conflict: Mechanisms and Challenges in Colombia, Nepal and South Sudan. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders and New York University. https://gnwp.org/resource/womens-meaningful-participation-in-post-conflict-mechanisms-and-challenges-in-colombia-nepal-and-south-sudan/

  3. Editor: Genon, L. J. (2023). Bridging or Breaking the Silos: Young Women’s Leadership in Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Action. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/bridging-or-breaking-the-silos-young-womens-leadership-in-peacebuilding-and-humanitarian-action/

  4. Editor: Pourmalek, P., & Crystal, S. (2023). Peace in Sustainable Development: Aligning the 2030 Agenda with Women, Peace and Security. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/peace-in-sustainable-development-aligning-the-2030-agenda-with-women-peace-and-security/

  5. Project Advisor: Hofstetter, J-S., & Pourmalek, P. (2023). Gendering Cybersecurity through Women, Peace and Security: Gender and Human Rights in National-level Approaches to Cybersecurity. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders and ICT4Peace Foundation. https://gnwp.org/resource/gendering-cybersecurity-through-women-peace-and-security-gender-and-human-rights-in-national-level-approaches-to-cybersecurity/

  6. Editor: Cabrera-Balleza, M., & Irani, J. (2023). Integrating Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) and Humanitarian Action across Southeast Asia. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/integrating-women-peace-and-security-wps-youth-peace-and-security-yps-and-humanitarian-action-across-southeast-asia/

  7. Substantive Editor: Aveta, D., Despain, A., Rauch, J., Saxena, C., Stoumen, N., & Zabihi, S. (2022). Perspectives on Youth Engagement in Operationalizing Peace and Security at a National Level. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders and New York University. https://gnwp.org/resource/research-report-perspectives-on-youth-engagement-in-operationalizing-peace-and-security-at-a-national-level/

  8. Editor & Project Lead: Biskupski-Mujanovic, S. (2022). Civil Society Voices on Canada’s next Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan. Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. https://wpsn-canada.org/consultations/wps-dialogue-fps/

  9. Publication Coordinator: Fal Dutra Santos, A. (2022). Better together: How to effectively strengthen the synergies between Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security resolutions and CEDAW?. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/better-together-how-to-effectively-strengthen-the-synergies-between-women-peace-and-security-and-youth-peace-and-security-resolutions-and-cedaw/

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Toolkits and Guides:

  1. Leclerc, K. & Picón Martínez, A. (2026). Investing in Youth for Peace: An Investors’ Guide to Supporting Youth-Led Peace. Investing and Partnering with Youth for Peace (IPYP), Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation & Interpeace. https://www.daghammarskjold.se/publication/investing-in-youth-for-peace-an-investors-guide-to-supporting-youth-led-peace/

  2. Leclerc, K., & Wong, S. (2024). Beyond Tokenism A Toolkit for Genuine Youth Participation in Civic Spaces. Canadian Coalition for Youth, Peace & Security. https://www.canadayps.org/more-than-tokens

  3. Contributor: Beeckmans, R., & Hellema, M. (2024). Youth, Peace and Security: Fostering Youth-Inclusive Political Processes. United Nations Development Programme. https://www.undp.org/publications/youth-peace-and-security-fostering-youth-inclusive-political-processes

  4. Leclerc, K., & Despain, A. (2023). Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) in Conflict, Crises and Emergencies: A Toolkit for Gender-Sensitive Crisis Response. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/gender-based-analysis-plus-gba-in-conflict-crises-and-emergencies-a-toolkit-for-gender-sensitive-crisis-response/

  5. Leclerc, K., & Farion, S. (2022). Exchanging Ideas, Shaping Peace: A Guide for Intergenerational and Intercommunal Peace Exchanges. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/exchanging-ideas-shaping-peace-a-guide-for-intergenerational-and-intercommunal-peace-exchanges/

  6. Contributor and Copy-Editor: Cabrera-Balleza, M., Iyer, M., & Khanal, P. (2019). Young Women & Girls Read, Lead & Build Peaceful Communities: A Toolkit for Young Women & Girls on Literacy, Leadership, Economic Empowerment, Media & Theater. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/young-women-girls-read-lead-build-peaceful-communities-2/

  7. Veillet Chowdhury, E., Leclerc, K., & Yzique Zea, K. (2018). Our Voice Makes a Difference: A guide to civil society advocacy on Women, Peace and Security. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/resource/our-voice-makes-a-difference-a-civil-society-guide-to-advocacy-on-women-peace-and-security/

  8. Publication Coordinator: Fal Dutra Santos, A., & Cabrera-Balleza, M. (2018). From Best Practice to Standard Practice: A toolkit on the Localization of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women and Peace and Security. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/what-we-do/from-global-policies-to-localization/implementation-through-localization/from-best-practice-to-standard-practice-a-toolkit-on-the-localization-of-the-un-security-council-resolution-1325-on-women-and-peace-and-security/

  9. Publication Coordinator and Contributor: Fal Dutra Santos, A., & Cabrera-Balleza, M. (2017). No Money, No NAP: Manual for Costing and Budgeting National Action Plans on UNSCR 1325. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. https://gnwp.org/what-we-do/from-global-policies-to-localization/costing-budgeting/no-money-no-nap-manual-for-costing-and-budgeting-national-action-plans-on-unscr-1325/

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