Gender Symposia During Donor Conferences: A Model to Guarantee Women Leaders a Voice in Setting Priorities for Reconstruction
Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Recovery, Human Development, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Country: Afghanistan, Liberia, Sudan
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2010
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.
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Recovery, Human Development, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Country: Afghanistan, Liberia, Sudan
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2010
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.
Executive 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.