Gender, peacebuilding, and reconstruction /
edited by Caroline Sweetman.
- 110 pages ; 25 cm.
- Oxfam focus on gender .
- Oxfam focus on gender. .
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Editorial / Caroline Sweetman -- Counter-revolutionary women : gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua / Julie Cupples -- Reconstructing fragile lives : girls' social reintegration in northern Uganda and Sierra Leone / Susan McKay -- Post-conflict programmes for women : lessons from the Kosovo Women's Initiative / Agnes Kalungu-Banda -- Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction : from challenge to opportunity / Jasmine Whitbread -- Promoting a gender-just peace : the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction / Jackie Kirk -- Gender, participation, and post-conflict planning in northern Sri Lanka / Simon Harris -- The gender dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction : an analytical framework for policymakers / Elaine Zuckerman and Marcia Greenberg -- Building capacity to resolve conflict in communities : Oxfam experience in Rwanda / Rosemarie McNairn -- Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods : the Gujarat Harmony Project / Sara Ahmed -- Resources / compiled by Erin Leigh.
"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 interaction, if a sustainable peace is to come about. Case studies included here come from India, Kosovo, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, and Uganda."--BOOK JACKET.