WPS Resource Center
A tool for academics and practitioners interested in gender and conflict.
Advancing Women’s Agency in Conflict Settings through Health Work: A Comparative Evaluation of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation and the Panzi Foundation
The work of Dr. Hawa Abdi and Dr. Denis Mukwege present an interesting set of approaches to connecting international resolutions with practical, tangible change. Their work — leveraging their organizations’ success in providing medical care, especially to women, in conflict settings — to institute larger programming efforts aimed at increasing women’s empowerment and agency is…
Refugees, Gender and Human Security: A Theoretical Introduction and Annotated Bibliography
The refugee does not exist: people who have been uprooted differ in personality, gender, age, ethnicity, religion and socio-economic background and status. This book offers a completely new perspective, linking together the concepts of refugee, gender and human security. In addition, the book provides an annotated bibliography which can be sued as a guide to…