that gender perspectives be taken into account throughout the peace building process. This chapter draws on examples from … activism of civic society to become engaged in the more formal politics of peace negotiations. The women activists grasped the … opportunities of the “constitutional moment” to frame gender-specific interests within the new constitutional framework of the 1998 …

post conflict rebuilding. It notes the increasing inclusion of women but argues that this does not amount to gender … social challenges. This approach will prevent the undue reification of gender- read women-interests with the consequence of …