Gender Relations, Violence and Conflict Transformation

  • Cilja Harders

Abstract

Why is it important to understand the gendered dimensions of war and peace? The reason is
simple and profound: even though it is quite possible to make formal peace without including
women and looking at gender relations, the transformation of violent conflict is impossible
without using these gendered lenses. The author, therefore, argues that there are compelling empirical,
theoretical and normative reasons to include gender as a main category of analysis.

Citation

Harders, Cilja. “Gender Relations, Violence and Conflict Transformation.” In Advancing Conflict Transformation: The Berghof Handbook II, edited by Beatrix Austin, Martina Fischer, and Hans-Joachim Giessmann, 131-155. Opladen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2011.

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