Female Ex Combatants Empowerment And Reintegration

Author : Michanne Steenbergen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000544336

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Female Ex-Combatants, Empowerment, and Reintegration by Michanne Steenbergen Pdf

Female Ex-Combatants, Empowerment, and Reintegration investigates the role of United Nations-led Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) programs in undermining female ex-combatants’ empowerment. The participation of female combatants in conflict has increasingly been recognized in feminist literatures and in policies and programs concerned with reintegrating ex-combatants and building peace. This has illustrated that female ex-combatants often experience "empowerment" through their role as combatant; however, this empowerment is often lost upon reintegration. UN-led DDR plays an important role in the broader peacebuilding process, as it is one of the largest interventions and directly aims to reintegrate ex-combatants into civilian life. This book draws on extensive field research and interviews with female ex-combatants and DDR officials in Liberia and Nepal to develop a nuanced and comprehensive picture of female ex-combatants’ empowerment and how this is undermined by DDR. Through reconceptualized frameworks of empowerment and an emancipatory peace, the book explores the pivotal role that DDR programs play in undermining female ex-combatants’ empowerment. The author argues that this is detrimental to peacebuilding, because DDR officials and documentation narrate female ex-combatants in limited and gendered ways, which reproduces gendered inequalities and define how female ex-combatants should behave. This book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners working on gender, conflict, peace, security, and development.

Author : Seema Shekhawat
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137516565

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Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace by Seema Shekhawat Pdf

This edited volume illuminates the role of women in violence to demonstrate that gender is a key component of discourse on conflict and peace. Through an examination of theory and practice of women's participation in violent conflicts, the book makes the argument that both conflict and post-conflict situations are gender insensitive.

Author : J. McMullin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137312938

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Ex-Combatants and the Post-Conflict State by J. McMullin Pdf

This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

Author : Carol Cohn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745660660

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Women and Wars by Carol Cohn Pdf

Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated in the making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history, and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the 21st century. Women experience war in multiple ways: as soldiers, as fighters, as civilians, as caregivers, as sex workers, as sexual slaves, refugees and internally displaced persons, as anti-war activists, as community peace-builders, and more. This book at once provides a glimpse into where women are in war, and gives readers the tools to understood women’s (told and untold) war experiences in the greater context of the gendered nature of global social and political life.

Author : Tsjeard Bouta,Georg Frerks,Ian Bannon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821359681

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Gender, Conflict, and Development by Tsjeard Bouta,Georg Frerks,Ian Bannon Pdf

This publication focuses on the gender dimensions of intrastate conflicts (civil wars), organised around eight key themes of gender and warfare, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, post-conflict legal frameworks, work issues, rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development. For each theme, the authors examine the impact on gender roles of conflict situations, the development challenges involved, and the policy options available to help build more inclusive and gender balanced post-conflict societies.

Author : Fionnuala Ní Aoláin,Naomi R. Cahn,Dina Francesca Haynes,Nahla Valji
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199300983

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The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin,Naomi R. Cahn,Dina Francesca Haynes,Nahla Valji Pdf

The authors focus on the multidimensionality of gender in conflict, yet they also prioritise the experience of women given both the changing nature of war and the historical de-emphasis on women's experiences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
ISBN : MINN:31951D036446643

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Rehabilitation of Ex Combatants by Anonim Pdf

Author : Terence McNamee,Monde Muyangwa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030466367

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The State of Peacebuilding in Africa by Terence McNamee,Monde Muyangwa Pdf

This open access book on the state of peacebuilding in Africa brings together the work of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and decision makers to reflect on key experiences and lessons learned in peacebuilding in Africa over the past half century. The core themes addressed by the contributors include conflict prevention, mediation, and management; post-conflict reconstruction, justice and Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration; the role of women, religion, humanitarianism, grassroots organizations, and early warning systems; and the impact of global, regional, and continental bodies. The book's thematic chapters are complemented by six country/region case studies: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan/South Sudan, Mozambique and the Sahel/Mali. Each chapter concludes with a set of key lessons learned that could be used to inform the building of a more sustainable peace in Africa. The State of Peacebuilding in Africa was born out of the activities of the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP), a Carnegie-funded, continent-wide network of African organizations that works with the Wilson Center to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa. The research for this book was made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Author : Rachel Brett,Irma Specht
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 922113718X

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Young Soldiers by Rachel Brett,Irma Specht Pdf

It is estimated that more than 300,000 children are involved in armed conflicts throughout the world, the vast majority through forced labour. This publication contains the personal views and experiences of child soldiers, highlighting a number of factors contributing to their participation, including the socio-economic and political environment, and their vulnerable personal circumstances, as well as how diverse risk factors interact. These personal stories also draw attention to the gender dimensions of the problem, and to concept of child soldiers 'volunteering' in armed conflict situations. The book then goes on to explore key factors in the development of a comprehensive strategy to tackle the problem, including addressing issues of breakdown of law and order, availability of weapons, extreme forms of social exclusion including poverty and inequality, lack of educational opportunities, widespread child abuse and child labour. The publication includes profiles of conflict situations in Afghanistan, Colombia, the Congo, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Author : Alpaslan Özerdem,Sukanya Podder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230342927

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Child Soldiers: From Recruitment to Reintegration by Alpaslan Özerdem,Sukanya Podder Pdf

This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement.

Author : Ibrahim Bangura
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000908701

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Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa by Ibrahim Bangura Pdf

This book critically examines the approaches to Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants programming in Africa. Drawing on empirical evidence from across the continent, the book investigates the different theories, contextual realities and approaches that have informed the establishment and implementation of such programmes, the opportunities they have provided for stability, peace and security, and the challenges with which they have contended. The book combines broader theoretical analysis with country-specific case studies, including Nigeria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Overall, the book asks how DDR programming has evolved in Africa, what factors have contributed to the success or failure of DDR processes, and what we can expect for DDR in Africa in the future. This book will be a useful guide for students and researchers across the fields of Peace and Conflict Studies, Security Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology, and African Studies.

Author : Megan H. MacKenzie
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479852505

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Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone by Megan H. MacKenzie Pdf

The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal—it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped to create a general picture of women and girls as victims of the conflict, there has been little effort to understand female soldiers’ involvement in, and experience of, the conflict. Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone draws on interviews with 75 former female soldiers and over 20 local experts, providing a rare perspective on both the civil war and post-conflict development efforts in the country. Megan MacKenzie argues that post-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process, demonstrating that a clear recognition and understanding of the roles and experiences of female soldiers are central to both understanding the conflict and to crafting effective policy for the future.

Author : Ana Cutter Patel,Pablo De Greiff,Lars Waldorf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215498101

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Disarming the Past by Ana Cutter Patel,Pablo De Greiff,Lars Waldorf Pdf

For the past twenty years, international donors have invested heavily in large-scale disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs, while, at the same time, transitional justice measures have proliferated, bringing truth, justice, and reparations to those recovering from state violence and civil war. Yet DDR programs are seldom deconstructed to discover whether they truly achieve their justice-related aims. Additionally, transitional justice mechanisms rarely articulate strategies for coordinating with DDR. Disarming the Past examines the connections--and failures--between these two initiatives within peacebuilding contexts and evaluates future links between DDR programs and the aims of transitional justice. The outcome of a substantial research project initiated by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), this book is crucial for anyone interested in effective interventions and enduring outcomes.

Author : United Nations Department of Public Information
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210586818

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Africa Renewal, October 2005 by United Nations Department of Public Information Pdf

The Africa Renewal magazine examines the many issues that confront the people of Africa, its leaders and its international partners: sustainable development goals, economic reform, debt, education, health, women's empowerment, conflict and civil strife, democratization, investment, trade, regional integration and many other topics. It tracks policy debates. It provides expert analysis and on-the-spot reporting to show how those policies affect people on the ground. And, it highlights the views of policy-makers, non-governmental leaders and others actively involved in efforts to transform Africa and improve its prospects in the world today. The magazine also reports on and examines the many different aspects of the United Nations’ involvement in Africa, especially within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

Author : Louise Olsson,Theodora-Ismene Gizelis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317627944

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Gender, Peace and Security by Louise Olsson,Theodora-Ismene Gizelis Pdf

This volume explores the implementation of key gender policies in international peace and security, following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in October 2000, the first thematic resolution on Women, Peace and Security. How should we understand women’s participation in peace processes and in peace operations? And what forms of gendered security dynamics are present in armed conflict and international interventions? These questions represent central themes of protection and participation that the international community has to address in order to implement UNSCR 1325. Thus far, the implementation has often employed varying approaches related to gender mainstreaming, a third theme of the resolution. Yet, there is a dearth of systematic data which until recently has restricted the ability of researchers to evaluate the progress in implementation and impact of UNSCR 1325. By engaging with both empirics and critical theory, the authors of this edited volume make important contributions to the gender, peace and security agenda. They identify some of the problems of implementing UNSC 1325 and offer a sobering assessment of progress of implementation and insights into how to advance our understanding through systematic research. Many of the chapters are focused on operational aspects of UNSCR 1325, but all also engage with the theoretical underpinnings of UNSCR 1325 to bring forth central debates on more fundamental challenges to the development of knowledge in the fields of gender, peace and security. This book will be of much interest to students of gender studies, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.