Mainstreaming Gender in Peacebuilding: A Framework for Action
Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Economic Recovery, Human Development, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Region: No Region
Year: 2000
Citation: Mainstreaming Gender in Peacebuilding: A Framework for Action. London: International Alert, 2000. Accessed October 3, 2016. http://cities-localgovernments.org/uclg/upload/docs/mainstreaminggenderinpeacebuilding-aframeworkforaction.pdf.
Sub-Categories: Economic Recovery, Human Development, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Region: No Region
Year: 2000
Citation: Mainstreaming Gender in Peacebuilding: A Framework for Action. London: International Alert, 2000. Accessed October 3, 2016. http://cities-localgovernments.org/uclg/upload/docs/mainstreaminggenderinpeacebuilding-aframeworkforaction.pdf.
Executive Summary
This paper advocates the selection of peacebuilding policies based on international resolutions, and highlights the generally widespread failure to tackle issues related to women. It summarizes how women have a strong commitment to the cessation of violence, and highlights how they are often a highly capable and motivated group of stakeholders in peace processes.