Gender, Conflict, and DevelopmentWorld Bank Publications, 2005 - 192 pages 'Gender, Conflict, and Development' was written as an effort to fill a gap between the Bank's work on gender mainstreaming and its agenda in conflict and development. The authors identify a link between gender and conflict issues and provide the most comprehensive review of external and internal sources on gender and conflict, with a particular focus on policy relevance for an institution such as the Bank. The book highlights the gender dimensions of conflict, organized around major relevant themes such as female combatants, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, the legal framework, work, the rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development. And for each theme it analyzes how conflict changes gender roles and the policy options that might be considered to build on positive aspects while minimizing adverse changes. The suggested policy options and approaches aim to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by violent conflict to encourage change and build more inclusive and gender balanced social, economic and political relations in post-conflict societies. The book concludes by identifying some of the remaining challenges and themes that require additional analysis and research. The book will be of interest to policymakers, scholars, researchers, graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of conflict studies/regional studies/gender studies. |
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Page 5 - Mainstreaming a gender perspective is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels. It is a strategy for making women's as well as men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated....
Page xvii - ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...
Page 34 - Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced prostitution; (c) Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the State, wherever it occurs.
Page 6 - This is however a gross oversimplification of a much more complicated set of processes which involves the reinterpretation or transformation of policy during the implementation process, such that there is in fact no straight line from policy to outcomes. Implementation is not simply the execution of a particular policy, but rather implementation should be viewed as a transactional process involving negotiation over goals and means between parties with conflicting or diverging interests (Long and...
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Page 57 - Urges Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all decision-making levels in national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict; 2.
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Page 162 - Peace as disappointment: The reintegration of female soldiers in post-conflict societies: A comparative study from Africa. Oslo: Peace Research Institute, Oslo.
Page 35 - In recent decades, the proportion of war victims who are civilians has leaped dramatically, from 5 percent to over 90 percent.
Page 159 - Rights, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women.