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Conflict Prevention and Transformation: Women's Vital Contributions
The Initiative for Inclusive Security and the United Nations Foundation
February 23, 2005

Link to full pdf Report File -  http://www.womenwagingpeace.net/content/themes/Conflict_Prevention_Rpt.pdf

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Via Eldis

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Conflict prevention and transformation: women's vital contributions
Authors: Women waging peace
Produced by: Women Waging Peace, Cambridge and Washington (2005)
 
This conference report makes the case for the inclusion of women and gender perspectives in peace processes and offers practical recommendations, guidelines, and models to assist and encourage policymakers to include women and gender perspectives in their program designs.

Women Waging Peace and the United Nations Foundation hosted a consultation on the role of women in conflict prevention in 2005. This report consists of an overview chapter identifying trends and strategies from the presentations, followed by brief excerpts of papers composed by the conference speakers. Discussions group into three main areas:

• nonviolent transformation. Women around the world who are at the forefront of nonviolent reform movements for democracy and human rights
• preventing the escalation of conflict. Whether protesting unconstitutional government activities, directly engaging potentially violent actors, or developing early warning systems, women are actively working to prevent heightened tension and violence
• women at the forefront of preventing resurgence in violence

Based on the day's discussions, concrete recommendations for policymakers and practitioners were generated by the participants and are also included in this report. These include:

• increase the access of women leaders in conflict prevention and nonviolent transformation to relevant policymakers
• protect women leaders in conflict prevention and nonviolent transformation in unstable countries
• provide financial support to women leaders in conflict prevention and nonviolent transformation

Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20804