Gender Symposia During Donor Conferences: A Model to Guarantee Women Leaders a Voice in Setting Priorities for Reconstruction

  • Carla Koppell, Jacqueline O'Neill

Summary

This brief highlights the importance of donor conferences in addressing countries’ post-conflict priorities. The brief addresses the critical role women partners play in post-conflict reconstruction, due to their local knowledge of priorities and needs, the trust they engender as conflict survivors, and their personal experiences. The brief explains that women are often marginalized during the donor assistance process, and provides several case studies to explore how this marginalization can be mitigated.

Citation

Koppell, Carla and Jacqueline O’Neill. Gender Symposia During Donor Conferences: A Model to Guarantee Women Leaders a Voice in Setting Priorities for Reconstruction. Washington, DC: Inclusive Security, 2010.

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