Mapping Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Conference Report 5th October, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand
Categories: Statebuilding, The Field of Women, Peace and Security
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Peace Accords, Peacemaking, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Country: Bougainville, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand
Region: East Asia and the Pacific
Year: 2018
Citation: True, Jacqui, Sara E. Davies, Nicole George, Katrina Lee-Koo, and Sarah Hewitt. Mapping Women's Participation in Peace Processes: Conference Report 5th October, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand. Report. Gender, Peace & Security, Monash University. October 2018.
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Peace Accords, Peacemaking, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Country: Bougainville, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand
Region: East Asia and the Pacific
Year: 2018
Citation: True, Jacqui, Sara E. Davies, Nicole George, Katrina Lee-Koo, and Sarah Hewitt. Mapping Women's Participation in Peace Processes: Conference Report 5th October, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand. Report. Gender, Peace & Security, Monash University. October 2018.
Executive Summary
The Mapping Women’s Participation in Peace Processes conference brought together 50 practitioners, policymakers, women from conflict-affected nations, advocates, and academics from around Asia and the Pacific to discuss the barriers and opportunities for the effective implementation of gender-sensitive peace agreements.
The conference had three aims: To discuss current research on women’s participation in peace processes and the implementation of gender provisions in peace agreements; To explore strategies for advancing women’s meaningful participation in peace and post-conflict processes in Asia and the Pacific; To build a gender, peace and security research network in Asia and the Pacific to encourage knowledge-sharing and promote collaboration on women’s peace and security participation.