Abstract
This study focuses on East Timor and Cambodia to examine the spaces offered by interim structures and institutions set up under the peacekeeping dispensation of the UN to facilitate the participation of women in post conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding processes as mandated by the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325. It documents the experiences of Cambodia’s UNTAC and East Timor’s UNTAET, the two UN Missions that provide the lens through which the efficacy of 1325 could be assessed and their possible replication in South Asia explored.