Gender and Peacebuilding - Resources

General Resources

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini 2000: Women at the Peace Table. Making a Difference. link

Tsjeard Bouta et al. 2002: Women's Roles in Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Literature Review and Institutional Analysis. Netherlands Institute of International Relations. link

Tsjeard Bouta, Georg Freks and Ian Bannnon 2005: Gender, Conflict and Development. Washington: World Bank.

BRIDGE On-Line Reports. Gender, conflicts and emergencies. link

Christine Chinkin 2003: Peace Agreements as a Means for Promoting Gender Equality and Ensuring Participation of Women. link

Frances Cleaver (ed.) 2002: Masculinities Matter! Men, Gender and Development. London: Zed Books.

Cynthia Cockburn 1998: The Space Between Us. Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict. London.

Vanessa Farr 2002: Gendering Demilitarization as a Peacebuilding Tool. Paper 20 (June). Bonn: BICC. link

International Alert 2002: Gender Mainstreaming in Peace Support Operations: Moving Beyond Rhetoric to Practice. link

Amani El Jack 2003: Gender and Armed Conflict. Overview Report. BRIDGE. link

Susie Jacobs, Ruth Jacobson and Jennifer Marchbank (eds.) 2000: States of Conflict. Gender, Violence and Resistance. London: Zed Books.

Krishna Kumar (ed.) 2001: Women and Civil War. Boulder.

Anna Lithander (ed.). Engendering the Peace Process. A Gender Approach to Dayton - and Beyond. link

Caroline O.N. Moser and Fiona C. Clark (eds.) 2001: Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence. London: Zed Books.

Sheila Meintjes et al. 2002: The Aftermath Women in Post-conflict Transformation. London.

Louise Olsson et al. (eds.) 2001: Women and International Peacekeeping. (The Cass Series on Peacekeeping 10). New York.

Kazunobu Onagawa and Maureen Fordham (eds.) 2009. Gender and Disaster Management Issue. Regional Development  Dialogue, 30(1). Spring 2009. download

Donna Pankhurst et al. 2000: Mainstreaming Gender in Peacebuilding.

Donna Ramsey Marshall 2000: Women in War and Peace. Grassroots Peacebuilding. link

Elisabeth Rehn et al. 2002: Women, War and Peace.

Cordula Reimann 2001: Towards Gender Mainstreaming in Crisis Prevention and Conflict Management. GTZ. link

Cordula Reimann 2002: Why are Violent, Intrastate Conflicts Protracted? Looking at Azar's Model of Protracted Social Conflict from a Gender-sensitive Perspective. link

Susanne Schmeidl et al. 2002: Gender and Conflict Early Warning. link

Sida 2006: Gender and Armed Conflict. link

Inger Skjelsbaek et al. (eds.) 2001: Gender, Peace and Conflict. London.

Brigitte Sorensen 1998: Women and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Issues and Sources. link

Richard Strickland and Nata Duvvury 2003: Gender Equity and Peacebuilding. From Rhetoric to Reality: Finding the Way. International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Washington, DC. link

Richard Strickland and Nata Duvvury 2003: Gender Equity and Peacebuilding. From Rhetoric to Reality: Finding the Way. International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Washington, DC. link

Meredeth Turshen et al. (eds.) 1998: What Women Do in War Time: Gender and Conflict in Africa. London and New York.

UNIFEM Policy Briefing Paper 2006: Gender and Conflict Analysis. link

UNIFEM 2004: Getting it Right, Doing it Right: Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration. link

United Nations Development Programme 2003: Gender Approaches in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations. link

Marie Vlachovà and Lea Biason (Hrsg.) 2005: Women in an Insecure World. Violence against Women. Facts, Figures and Analysis. Genf: DCAF.

Dubravka Zarkov et al. (eds.) 2002: Postwar Moment: Militaries. Masculinities and International Peacekeeping. London.

Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman 2004: Sites of Violence. Gender and Conflict Zones. University of California Press.

Recommended Links

From the village council to the negotiating table. Women in peace-building. International Alert's worldwide campaign. Campaign Newsletter is produced 4 times a year which contains updated campaign news and which is available on line.

INCORE guide to Internet sources Gender and Conflict. June 2005.

Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality and its Gender Mainstreaming Information Kit. 2003.

International Fellowship of Reconcilitation (IFOR). Women Peacemakers Program

International Women's Tribune Centre.

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women OSAGI.

PeaceWomen.

United Nations Development for Women (UNIFEM).

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW).

United Nations Internet Gateway on Advancement and Empowerment of Women.

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.

 

Important International Documents

UN Security Council 2008: 1820 Security Council Resolution. link

UN Security Council 2005: Report of the Secretary-General on Women, Peace and Security. link

The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security 2005: From Local to Global: Making Peace Work for Women. link

European Parliament 2000: Resolution on participation of women in peaceful conflict resolution. link

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs 2000: Swiss National Action Plan for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. download

UN Security Council 2000: 1325 Security Council Resolution. link

Forth World Conference on Women 1995: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by the United Nations. link

Beijing Platform for Action 1995: Gender Mainstreaming Mandates: Conflict Resolution. Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. link

UN Division for the Advancement of Women 1979: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. link

 

Training Manuals

OSCE 2001: Gender Aspects in Post-Conflict Situations: A Guide for OSCE Stafflink

The Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre. On-line training course. link

Suzanne Williams et al. 1994: The Oxfam Gender Training Manual.

Gender Peace Audits

Sanam Anderlini et al. 1999: Women, Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding.

International Alert: Gender Peace Audit on the South Caucasus.

International Alert: Regional Peace Audit Project in Nepal: Women Building Peace Campaign.

Gender Initiatives and Organizations

PeaceWomen has compiled information on national and international organizations worldwide working on women, peace and security issues.

Here you find a selected list of national and international organisations:

African Women Development and Communication Network FEMNET

Bat Shalom

Center for Women's Global Leadership

Centre for Women`s Research CENWOR

Christlicher Friedensdienst CFD

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS)

Frauen für den Frieden Schweiz

International Alert: Gender and Peacebuilding

International Center for Research on Women

The Jerusalem Link

Kvinna till Kvinna

Medica mondiale e.V.

Revolutionary Association of women of Afghanistan

Stability Pact Gender Task Force

United Nations Development Fund for Women UNIFEM

Women and Media Collective

Women for International Peace and Arbitration

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom incorporates The Peace Women Project

Women Waging Peace

 

 

 

last update: 19.05.2009