Gender Dynamics And Post Conflict Reconstruction

Author : Christine Eifler,Ruth Seifert
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Postwar reconstruction
ISBN : 3631560583

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Gender Dynamics and Post-conflict Reconstruction by Christine Eifler,Ruth Seifert Pdf

This volume by international authors deals with the role of gender dynamics in the development of post-conflict societies. The authors describe and analyze diverse aspects of the intertwining of gender and other social and cultural relations from an interdisciplinary perspective. They analyze gendered post-conflict dynamics in diverse contexts asking for the consequences these developments have in the settings under investigation, such as Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Palestine and Afghanistan.

Author : Fionnuala Ni Aolain,Dina Francesca Haynes,Naomi Cahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195396645

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On the Frontlines by Fionnuala Ni Aolain,Dina Francesca Haynes,Naomi Cahn Pdf

Gender oppression has been a feature of war and conflict throughout human history, yet until fairly recently, little attention was devoted to addressing the consequences of violence and discrimination experienced by women in post-conflict states. Thankfully, that is changing. Today, in a variety of post-conflict settings--the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Colombia, Northern Ireland --international advocates for women's rights have focused bringing issues of sexual violence, discrimination and exclusion into peace-making processes.In On the Frontlines, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Dina Francesca Haynes, and Naomi Cahn consider such policies in a range of cases and assess the extent to which they have had success in improving women's lives. They argue that there has been too little success, and that this is in part a product of a focus on schematic policies like straightforward political incorporation rather than a broader and deeper attempt to alter the cultures and societies that are at the root of much of the violence and exclusions experienced by women. They contend that this broader approach would not just benefit women, however. Gender mainstreaming and increased gender equality has a direct correlation with state stability and functions to preclude further conflict. If we are to have any success in stabilizing failing states, gender needs to move to fore of our efforts. With this in mind, they examine the efforts of transnational organizations, states and civil society in multiple jurisdictions to place gender at the forefront of all post-conflict processes. They offer concrete analysis and practical solutions to ensuring gender centrality in all aspects of peace making and peace enforcement.

Author : Birgitte Refslund Sørensen
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788174889

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Women and Post-Conflict Reconstruction by Birgitte Refslund Sørensen Pdf

Investigates the position of women in post-war situations throughout the world from three different perspectives which give emphasis to women as war-affected persons, social agents of change, and beneficiaries of assistance. Addressing political, economic and social reconstruction, the report examines how armed conflicts have influenced women's lives, how women in different war-affected countries have responded to the challenges and changes induced by war, and how external actors have attempted to address women's concerns in post-war situations. Bibliography.

Author : Joyce P. Kaufman,Kristen P. Williams
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134772759

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Women, Gender Equality, and Post-Conflict Transformation by Joyce P. Kaufman,Kristen P. Williams Pdf

The end of formal hostilities in any given conflict provides an opportunity to transform society in order to secure a stable peace. This book builds on the existing feminist international relations literature as well as lessons of past cases that reinforce the importance of including women in the post-conflict transition process, and are important to our general understanding of gender relations in the conflict and post-conflict periods. Post-conflict transformation processes, including disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs, transitional justice mechanisms, reconciliation measures, and legal and political reforms, which emerge after the formal hostilities end demonstrate that war and peace impact, and are impacted by, women and men differently. By drawing on a strong theoretical framework and a number of cases, this volume provides important insight into questions pertaining to the end of conflict and the challenges inherent in the post-conflict transition period that are relevant to students and practitioners alike.

Author : Laura Sjoberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745684673

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Gender, War, and Conflict by Laura Sjoberg Pdf

From Pakistan to Chechnya, Sri Lanka to Canada, pioneering women are taking their places in formal and informal military structures previously reserved for, and assumed appropriate only for men. Women have fought in wars, either as women or covertly dressed as men, throughout the history of warfare, but only recently have they been allowed to join state militaries, insurgent groups, and terrorist organizations in unprecedented numbers. This begs the question - how useful are traditional gendered categories in understanding the dynamics of war and conflict? And why are our stories of gender roles in war typically so narrow? Who benefits from them? In this illuminating book, Laura Sjoberg explores how gender matters in war-making and war-fighting today. Drawing on a rich range of examples from conflicts around the world, she shows that both women and men play many more diverse roles in wars than either media or scholarly accounts convey. Gender, she argues, can be found at every turn in the practice of war; it is crucial to understanding not only ‘what war is’, but equally how it is caused, fought and experienced. With end of chapter questions for discussion and guides to further reading, this book provides the perfect introduction for students keen to understand the multi-faceted role of gender in warfare. Gender, War and Conflict will challenge and change the way we think about war and conflict in the modern world.

Author : Sheila Meintjes,Anu Pillay,Meredeth Turshen
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X006135324

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The Aftermath by Sheila Meintjes,Anu Pillay,Meredeth Turshen Pdf

What happens to women in the aftermath of war and internal conflict? This book asserts that the post-war period is too late for women to transform patriarchal gender relations; the foundations for change must be built during conflict. The Contributors analyze what women endure and what they construct during and after conflict, what obstacles they encounter in their search for autonomy and what bonds of solidarity they create in building peace.

Author : Birgitte Refslund Sørensen
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112032892728

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Women and Post-conflict Reconstruction by Birgitte Refslund Sørensen Pdf

Author : Tsjeard Bouta,Georg Frerks,Ian Bannon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Claire Duncanson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745682556

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Gender and Peacebuilding by Claire Duncanson Pdf

Gender and Peacebuilding offers a comprehensive and up to date analysis of how and why gender matters in contemporary peace operations. It draws on a wide range of examples from across the world to offer a nuanced account of the UN's attempts to mainstream gender into peace operations via Security Council Resolution 1325, and assesses the successes and failures of this effort to enhance the participation and protection of women and girls in peacebuilding operations. In presenting this mixed picture of progress and ongoing challenges, the book argues for bold steps forward that will enable peacebuilding to contest the current neoliberal order, address structural inequalities, and bring about feminist visions of peace and security. It is only by focusing attention on the economic empowerment of women and its ability to temper the dangers of neo-liberalism in post-conflict contexts that feminists can hope to achieve these aims. Timely, critical and engaged, this book provides an invaluable guide to the issues for students of peace and conflict studies, and sets the agenda for future scholarship and advocacy.

Author : Sandra I. Cheldelin,Maneshka Eliatamby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441160218

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Women Waging War and Peace by Sandra I. Cheldelin,Maneshka Eliatamby Pdf

Author : Maria-Adriana Deiana
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137593788

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Gender and Citizenship by Maria-Adriana Deiana Pdf

This book examines the remaking of women’s citizenship in the aftermath of conflict and international intervention. It develops a feminist critique of consociationalism as the dominant model of post-conflict governance by tracking the gendered implications of the Dayton Peace Agreement. It illustrates how the legitimisation of ethnonationalist power enabled by the agreement has reduced citizenship to an all-encompassing logic of ethnonational belonging and implicitly reproduced its attendant patriarchal gender order. Foregrounding women’s diverse experiences, the book reveals gendered ramifications produced at the intersection of conflict, ethno-nationalism and international peacebuilding. Deploying a multidimensional feminist approach centred around women’s narratives of belonging, exclusion, and agency, this book offers a critical interrogation of the promises of peace and explores individual/collective efforts to re-imagine citizenship.

Author : Åshild Kolås
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351657426

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Women, Peace and Security in Nepal by Åshild Kolås Pdf

This book sheds new light on the important but diverse roles of women in the civil war in Nepal (1996-2006), and the post-conflict reconstruction period (2006-2016). Engaging critically with the women, peace and security literature, Women, Peace and Security in Nepal questions the potential of peace processes to become a window of opportunity for women’s empowerment, while insisting on the vital importance of a gender perspective in the study of conflict, security and peace. After the signing of the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Accord, Nepal experienced a huge leap in women’s political representation in the subsequent Constituent Assembly, often portrayed as a landmark victory for women’s empowerment in the context of South Asia. Nepali women’s mobilization played a key role in this success story, though similar mobilization has failed to produce the same outcomes elsewhere in South Asia. How does Nepal differ from the other cases? Presenting studies of war-time and post-conflict Nepal through a gender lens, this book critically assesses the argument that war and peacebuilding can add momentum to the transformation of gender roles. Contributing new knowledge on women’s disempowerment and empowerment in conflict and peacebuilding, the book also offers insights for contemporary debate on gender and political change in conflict-affected societies. This book will be of great interest to students of peace and conflict studies, gender security, South Asia and international relations in general, as well as policy-makers and NGOs.

Author : Caron E. Gentry,Laura J. Shepherd,Laura Sjoberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315525075

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Routledge Handbook of Gender and Security by Caron E. Gentry,Laura J. Shepherd,Laura Sjoberg Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive look at the study of gender and security in global politics. The volume is based on the core argument that gender is conceptually necessary to thinking about central questions of security; analytically important for thinking about cause and effect in security; and politically important for considering possibilities of making the world better in the future. Contributions to the volume look at various aspects of studying gender and security through diverse lenses that engage diverse feminisms, with diverse policy concerns, and working with diverse theoretical contributions from scholars of security more broadly. It is grouped into four thematic sections: Gendered approaches to security (including theoretical, conceptual, and methodological approaches); Gendered insecurities in global politics (including the ways insecurity in global politics is distributed and read on the basis of gender); Gendered practices of security (including how policy practice and theory work together, or do not); Gendered security institutions (across a wide variety of spaces and places in global politics). This handbook will be of great interest to students of gender studies, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Reuben Adeolu Alabi
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783643106483

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Africa and the Global Financial Crisis by Reuben Adeolu Alabi Pdf

In this volume of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook series, the Research Group on African Development Perspectives investigates the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) on economic reform processes in Africa. The analysis is structured in such a way so as to reflect the opportunities and dangers of policy reversals in the face of the GFC. The impact of the crisis on different types and forms of governance in the region is considered. The first question is therefore which macro-economic policy instruments have to be applied in order to overcome the crisis and to continue with sustainable development. The second question is how the GFC has affected Africa's external economic relations and if the path of opening up to the world markets is to be continued. The third question raised is how the crisis has affected social cohesion, impacted poverty alleviation strategies and the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). All these questions are discussed in the various contributions which comprise general studies and country case studies. The book also looks into the role of international financial institutions during and after the crisis. (Series: African Development Perspectives Yearbook - Vol. 15)

Author : Donna Pankhurst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135911348

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Gendered Peace by Donna Pankhurst Pdf

This volume contributes to the growing literature on women, conflict and peacebuilding by focusing on the moments after a peace accord, or some other official ending of a conflict, often denoted as ‘post-conflict’ or ‘post-war’. Such moments often herald great hope for holding to account those who committed grave wrongs during the conflict, and for a better life in the future. For many women, both of these hopes are often very quickly shattered in starkly different ways to the hopes of men. Such periods are often characterized by violence and insecurities, and the official ending of a war often fails to bring freedom from sexual violence for many women. Within such a context, efforts on the part of women, and those made on their behalf, to hold to account those who commit crimes against them, and to access their rights are difficult to make, are often dangerous, and are also often deployed with little effect. Gendered Peace explores international contexts, and a variety of local ones, in which such struggles take place, and evaluates their progress. The volume highlights the surprising success in the development of international legal advances for women, but contrasts this with the actual experience of women in cases from Sierra Leone, Rwanda, South Africa, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, East Timor, Peru, Central America and the Balkans.'