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Joining Forces: Engaging
Men as Allies in Gender-Sensitive Peacebuilding
February 7th, 2011
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Join New Tactics and the International Fellowship of
Reconciliation's Women Peacemakers Program (IFOR/WPP) for an online dialogue on
the topic "Joining
Forces: Engaging men as allies in gender-sensitive peacebuilding"
from March 30 to April
5, 2011.
There are exciting developments in thinking about
overcoming violence and building peaceful communities. IFOR/WPP and its
partners have been exploring the relationship between masculinities, violence
and peacebuilding. One major development has been the outreach to men to
challenge destructive and violent mindsets of what it means to be a "real
man". This has led to a movement to engage men as gender-sensitive
male allies to women peacemakers- allies who could act as powerful role models
for men and boys in their communities to be involved in gender-sensitive
conflict prevention and resolution.
What new ways have been developed by practitioners to
engage men as allies in gender-sensitive peacebuilding? What has been the
impact? What are the challenges? How can other peacebuilding networks
adapt this approach in their work? This dialogue is an opportunity for
those already involved in engaging men as allies to discuss these questions and
share their experiences, as well as those who have not yet involved men but are
interested in doing so.
The featured resource practitioners leading this dialogue
include people that have been directly involved in the WPP training of trainers
program, the organizations that work with WPP and others that are interested in
sharing their experience and ideas on this topic. These practitioners so
far include:
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José de Vries, Isabelle Geuskens, Dorothy
Attema and Merle Gosewinkel of the
International Fellowship of Reconciliation's Women Peacemakers Program
(IFOR/WPP), The Netherlands
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Joy Mbaabu - Executive Director of the Amani Communities Africa
(ACA),
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Steven Botkin of Men's Resources International,
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Patricia Ackerman,
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Ali Gohar of Just Peace International,
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Christian Ngendahimana of Fountain-ISOKO for Good Governance and Integrated
Development,
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Dola Nicholas Oluoch is a training coordinator for Chemchemi Ya Ukweli-Active,
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Babar Bashir of ROZAN,
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Seconde Nyanzobe - Board Member of the WPP Africa Office and female
support person for male peace activists,
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Olivia Dolores Gimeno Sassine - Assistant Director of the Regional Protection
Programs, Heartland
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Sanne Tielemans and others from the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO),
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Maria Rashid of ROZAN,
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Fanny Chirisa - Director of Women in Politics Support
·
Jens van Tricht, an independent consultant, The Netherlands
·
Team of participants from the Gender Focal
Point in GPPAC (Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict)
network:
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Gesa Bent, Coordinator Gender at the Global Secretariat of GPPAC,
The
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Seema Kakran, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace
(WISCOMP),
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Dr. Paula Banerjee, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group,
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Amir Hodžić, independent researcher and educator,
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Nighat Said Khan, ASR Resource Centre;
(Photo above is of participants at an IFOR training in
the
Discussion threads: Main themes of this dialogue
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Discussion
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Comments |
Why should men and women
be involved as allies in peacebuilding? |
What do
we mean by “ally” and why is this kind of relationship important? What is the
added value of increased men’s involvement around the Women, Peace and
Security What kind of peacebuilding do we envision once men and women work
together as allies in this work? |
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What does integrating a
masculinities perspective in peacebuilding imply? |
The International
Fellowship of Reconciliation's Women Peacemakers Program (IFOR/WPP),
co-facilitating partner for this dialogue, believes that gender-sensitive
peacebuilding involves going beyond a focus on women and also includes
integrating a masculinities perspective. |
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What kind of engagement
are we looking for and how do we achieve it? |
What kind
of support do women peacemakers need from men? What do they not need? What
kind of support do male allies need from women peacemakers? What do they not
need? What does this engagement look like? What is the vision? |
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What
are the next steps? What kinds of coordination and collaborations can move us
towards a sustainable approach to gender-sensitive peacebuilding? What are
the risks to keep in mind while we consider these next steps? |
2 |
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What resources have you
found to be helpful that you can share with others? |
Please
share training materials, websites, research, articles, etc., that you have
found useful. |
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