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RE-THINKING GENDER IN PEACEBUILDING
- UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT: BUILDING PEACE
Direct Link to Full 32-Page 2014
Report:
The research for this
Report confirmed International Alert’s starting hypothesis that
peacebuilding can be more effective if built on an understanding of how
gendered identities are constructed through the societal power relations
between and among women, men, girls, boys and members of sexual and gender
minorities. This ‘gender-relational’ approach is, on the one hand, broader in
the sense that it moves away from equating gender with women (and girls) and,
on the other hand, deeper in that it examines the interplay between gender and
other identity markers, such as age, social class, sexuality, disability,
ethnic or religious background, marital status or urban/rural setting. While
such an approach requires more nuanced and better-researched interventions, it
can also allow for more effective and sustainable targeting of programming.
