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Gender, Peacebuilding, and Reconstruction
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2005-01-01
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113
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This collection of articles examines the impact of armed conflict on women, men, and gender relations. Gender stereotypes of conflict depict women and children as powerless victims, while men are presented either as saviours of the weak and powerless, or as agents of violence and destruction. Reality is more complex. Women, girls, and boys also wage war as soldiers, often against their will. Atrocities committed against them give rise to desperate physical, mental, and material need, which reconstruction and peace initiatives must recognise and address. In addition, women need to be involved as decision makers in peace and reconstruction processes. These must founded on a vision of equality in governance and everyday social interactions, if a sustainable peace is to come about. Case studies included here come from India, Kosovo, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.
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Editorial; Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua; Reconstructing fragile lives: girls' social reintegration in northern Uganda and Sierra Leone; Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo Women's Initiative; Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity; Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction; Gender, participation, and post-conflict planning in northern Sri Lanka; The gender dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction: an analytical framework for policymakers; Building capacity to resolve conflict in communities: Oxfam experience in Rwanda; Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat Harmony Project; Resources
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Oxfam Focus on Gender
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978-0-85598-533-2