This report provides a comphrensive collection of research on Africa’s progress and challenges for the future, especially in terms of gender relations and peace. Its contributions ultimately lead to the argument that, in spite of the various ways in which women contribute to peace processes, formal peace negotiations and traditional institutions exclude them from participation in leadership and decision-making positions. Moreover, it highlights how the gains made in gender relations during conflicts are usually reversed in the post-conflict period. The volume explores important developments towards gender equity and gives clear suggestions about how to strengthen this central principle in organizing for a different world.