Human security and peacebuilding through a gender lens: Challenges of implementation in Africa
Empirical evidence shows that while both women’s near absence at the formal level as peace negotiators and political decision-makers and their informal peacebuilding contributions at the grassroots level have been routinely recognised, it remains difficult to translate gender awareness into workable plans for implementation. The paper argues for a hybrid position between cultural relativism and ‘one size fits all’ solutions. Four areas of attention are highlighted, namely women’s ambivalent roles in peace and conflict, the challenges of a truly inclusive post-conflict transformation process, the need for an organised women’s movement, and connecting the international legislative framework with the national context.
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2006
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Authors: | Hudson, Heidi |
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Copenhagen : Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) |
Subject: | Frauen | Gleichberechtigung | Entwicklung | Friedenssicherung | Afrika |
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Series: | DIIS Working Paper ; 2006:37 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
ISBN: | 8776051846 |
Other identifiers: | 521333970 [GVK] hdl:10419/84545 [Handle] |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323406
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