Human security and peacebuilding through a gender lens: Challenges of implementation in Africa

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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.

Object Details

• ISBN: 8776051846
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIIS Working Paper ; No. 2006:37

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Frauen ; Gleichberechtigung ; Entwicklung ; Friedenssicherung ; Afrika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hudson, Heidi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
• (where): Copenhagen
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/84545
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET