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References and Recommendations

Here you can find information about monographs, yearbooks, studies, articles and interviews on issues of peace and security policy, predominantly from a gender perspective. The list is organized alphabetically by title.

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"1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe"

1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize (Eds.)
2208 Pages with ca. 800 b/w Photographs
Zurich: Scalo Books / KONTRAST, 2005
ISBN 3-03939-039-2
39 Euro plus shipping costs

Millions of women are engaged daily in working towards a better future. Without regard for their own safety, they are active on behalf of the community's well-being. They call for reconciliation, demand justice, and rebuild what has been destroyed. They work on the front in crisis and war regions as well as in the background all over the world. The project and book 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe have the goal to draw the world’s attention to these women and their thus far nearly invisible, but highly important work.

Ordering and further information at [Scalo Books]

"A Voice for Human Rights"

Kevin Boyle. Foreward by Kofi Annan. Afterword by Louise Arbor. "A Voice for Human Rights: Mary Robinson."
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
ISBN 0-8122-3904-0
456 pages, 49.95 USD

An annotated collection of Robinson's speeches, given when she served as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. The book also provides the first in-depth account of the work of the Office of High Commissioner. With a preface by Kofi Annan and an afterword by Louise Arbour, the present Human Rights Commissioner, the book will be of interest to all concerned with international human rights, international relations, development, and politics.

Ordering information can be found at [University of Pennsylvania Press]

"Afghanistan: National Reconstruction and Poverty Reduction-- the Role of Women in Afghanistan's Future"

The World Bank. "Afghanistan: National Reconstruction and Poverty Reduction--the Role of Women in Afghanistan's Future"
March 2005

This paper can be downloaded as a >> PDF File

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Building Peace through Gender Equality"
New UN-INSTRAW Guide on Women, Peace and Security

INSTRAW: Handbuch
2006

To commemorate the International Day of Peace, September 21st 2006, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) offers a new manual on how to create a successful action plan on women, peace and security. Designed as a resource for governments, international and regional agencies and civil society organizations, the guide -“Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A guide to policy and planning on women, peace and security”- provides good practices, specific recommendations and a practical six-step model process.

ix years ago, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security called for equal representation of women in all peace and security initiatives, among other things. An action plan can be a valuable way to effectively and sustainably implement this and other international mandates such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action. Since the adoption of Resolution 1325 by the Security Council in 2000, only four countries in the world have developed national action plans on women, peace and security. A few others have integrated these issues into their national policy and legislation. Still, women continue to be largely excluded from decision-making in the sphere of peace and security and from conflict resolution and peacebuilding processes.

With this how-to manual, based on existing experiences and lessons learned, UN-INSTRAW seeks to place women, peace and security as well as violence against women at the center of national and institutional security agendas.

Handbuch als >> PDF Download

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Civilian Perspective or Security Strategy?"
European Development Policy Confronting New Challenges in Foreign and Security Policy

With the beginning of the new century European development policy faces new challenges due to redefined European foreign and security interests. Military interventions in situations of crisis and conflict are increasing and shape the cooperation between development and security policy actors. The European Security Strategy (ESS) signed in December 2003 and the Treaty for a new European Constitution are providing the revised strategic framework by identifying new threats to security and defining the common interests and objectives of EU foreign policy. European development policy currently faces strategic challenges in outlining its position and activities vis-à-vis the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Increasingly development action is measured against its contribution to the common foreign, economic and security interests of the enlarged EU. Therefore, development policy has to underline its comparative strengths in providing country expertise and operational experience to position itself as an independent player amongst other foreign policies. No other policy field compares to its vast experience in civil conflict prevention and the stabilization of societies in crisis. In order to remain politically independent development policy needs to change conceptually and institutionally as well as to increase its coherence and efficiency. The future role of development policy will depend on the outcomes of the political reorientation as expressed i.e. by the presentation of the EU Commission proposal for a new Development Policy Statement in July 2005.

These questions have been discussed at a conference organized in Berlin in November 2004 and are now re-flected in the contributions to this documentation. It contains statements and documents presented at the Berlin conference as well as the European Security Strategy as reference document.

Document can be ordered at [Weed]

"Conflict Prevention and Transformation: Women's Vital Contributions"
Shoemaker, Jolynn (ed.)
Conference Report, 25 February 2005

Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace and the United Nations Foundation hosted a consultation on the role of women in conflict prevention on February 25, 2005. The presentations and discussions highlighted examples and strategies regarding women's conflict prevention activities and generated policy recommendations for the international community.

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"Engendering Peace. How the Peacebuilding Commission can live up to UN Security Council Resolution 1325"

Thelma Ekiyor
Briefing Paper
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Hg.), Berlin
June 2006

Resolution 1325 highlights the importance of including women in peace building, peacemaking and peacekeeping. The nascency of the Peace
Building Commission allows to integrate a gender perspective into the design and work of the commission right from the constituting phase.
The author makes the case for linking the Commission to ongoing work addressing issues affecting womens peace and security at local, regional and international levels.

Please find the FES Briefing Paper at the following website [Friedrich Ebert Stiftung]
or download as a >> PDF File

"European Development Policy Confronting New Challenges in Foreign and Security Policy"

With the beginning of the new century European development policy faces new challenges due to redefined European foreign and security interests. Military interventions in situations of crisis and conflict are increasing and shape the cooperation between development and security policy actors. The European Security Strategy (ESS) signed in December 2003 and the Treaty for a new European Constitution are providing the revised strategic framework by identifying new threats to security and defining the common interests and objectives of EU foreign policy.

European development policy currently faces strategic challenges in outlining its position and activities vis-à-vis the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Increasingly development action is measured against its contribution to the common foreign, economic and security interests of the enlarged EU. Therefore, development policy has to underline its comparative strengths in providing country expertise and operational experience to position itself as an independent player amongst other foreign policies. No other policy field compares to its vast experience in civil conflict prevention and the stabilization of societies in crisis. In order to remain politically independent development policy needs to change conceptually and institutionally as well as to increase its coherence and efficiency. The future role of development policy will depend on the outcomes of the political reorientation as expressed i.e. by the presentation of the EU Commission proposal for a new Development Policy Statement in July 2005.

These questions have been discussed at a conference organized in Berlin in November 2004 and are now re-flected in the contributions to this documentation. It contains statements and documents presented at the Berlin conference as well as the European Security Strategy as reference document. The conference was organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, terre des hommes and WEED.

The 60-page documentation of the Berlin conference is available in English and can be odered at [Weed]

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"Frauen an den Konfliktherd"

Hentschel, Gitti. "Frauen an den Konfliktherd"
Freitag
April 6th, 2007

This article by Gitti Hentschel, director of the Feminist Institute, discusses the continued lack of involvement of women in peace and security issues.

Read article online [Freitag]

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"Gender and Armed Conflict"

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. "Gender and Armed Conflict"
Article No: SIDA28381en
2006
ISBN 9158682643

This study tries to challenge the stereotypes of men, women, boys and girls in times of war. The first part brings up the questions of "men" and "women", in a perspective of both victims and perpertrators in the the different phases of violent conflict. The second part exemplifies development efforts in the area of gender and armed conflict.

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"Gender and Human Security Issues: building a programme of action-research"

This article by Rosalind Boyd (McGill University, Montreal) appeared in the Feburary 2005 issue of "Development in Practice." The editors have been kind enough to give us permission to make the article available for download.

>> Download PDF

Further information about the international journal, including brief summaries of all articles, at [Development in Practice]

"Gender Aspects in Post-Conflict Situations: A Guide for OSCE Staff"

The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe

The reference guide highlights the importance of gender issues and promotes integrating a gender perspective into field work. It is meant to assist staff members of OSCE field operations and decision-makers in helping post-conflict populations to recover, rebuild and realize the type of society where gender awareness and inclusiveness foster peace and prosperity.

The rights-based approach of the Guide recognizes that stable societies - and a stable world - are built on the acceptance of universal principles of human rights. Ultimately, the Guide is meant to help OSCE staff members in the field to consider and devise practical ways of pursuing the long-term objectives of equality and productivity, essential requirements in the achievement of a lasting peace.

Read the publication on the [OSCE Website]

"Gender Awareness in Research on Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Preliminary Report"

Emily Schroeder, Vanessa Farr and Albrecht Schnabel (swisspeace), January 2005

A more multi-disciplinary approach to research on small arms in recent years is looking beyond simply "counting the weapons," focusing also on the devastating human suffering facilitated by arms proliferation. Unfortunately, a discussion of how gender ideologies might influence people's attitudes to small arms has been largely absent in this discourse. Yet, gender shapes and constrains the behavior and attitudes of women and men, including creating differences in their approaches to and use of small arms. Because these differences have not yet been widely - or only inadequately - researched, we have little scientific evidence with which to influence the development of gender mainstreamed programs to curtail the impacts of small arms and light weapons. This Working Paper reports on the preliminary findings of a collaborative project on "Gender Perspectives on Small Arms and Light Weapons," which aims to contribute to existing efforts to fill this research gap. Drawing on experiences and data from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, South America, the South Pacific, Europe and North America, the Working Paper identifies common themes, questions, challenges and recommendations that have so far emanated from the research project.

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"Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Conflict-Affected Settings"

American Refugee Committee (ARC) International
Women, Ink. Collection

This publication series (four booklets and a CD-Rom) was designed specifically to help communities and humanitarian workers to implement comprehensive and multi-sectoral programmes to address GBV in conflict-affected settings. A special emphasis has been given to the provision of legal aid. The toolkit includes a legal aid matrix and participatory exercises to assess the environment in regards to GBV, thus utilizing the wealth of local knowledge within the community to develop an appropriate action plan that can be implemented in a
culturally-appropriate manner and prevent harmful consequences to survivors.

2005. ISBN 1 5830-c26 x. 165 pages + CD-Rom. WE725. 39.95 USD.

"The Gender Dimensions of Post-Conflict Reconstruction"

Marcia E. Greenberg, Elaine Zuckerman. "The Gender Dimensions of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Challenges in Development Aid"
Research Paper No. 2006/62
United Nations, June 2006
United Nations University Paper, PDF Download, 26 p.

Based on analysing World Bank and other donor post-conflict reconstruction (PCR) loans and grants from rights-based, macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives, we conclude that few PCR projects identify or address gender discrimination issues. Bank PCR investments hardly reflect Bank research recognizing that gender inequality increases the likelihood of conflict and gender equality is central to development and peace. Our conceptual framework examining women's programmes, gender mainstreaming, and gender roles in transforming violent into peaceful societies, leads to recommending that PCR projects systematically address gender issues and promote gender equality to make peace work. WIDER Research Paper 2006/62 by Marcia E. Greenberg and Elaine Zuckerman (PDF 126KB; 26 pages).

The paper can be downloaded as a PDF file at [development gateway]

"Gender, Justice, & Truth Commisions"

World Bank. "Gender, Justice, & Truth Commissions"
June 2006
70 pages

Truth commissions (TCs) are formed to investigate human rights violations that occur during armed conflict or under repressive regimes. When their work ends, TCs report their findings, along with recommendations for reparations and prevention of future abuses. By taking a gender-sensitive approach to its work, a commission can differentiate between the causes and consequences of human rights violations for men and women and design a gender-sensitive program of reparations.

This study reviewed the gender-related aspects of the work of TCs in Peru, Sierra Leone, and South Africa, as expressed in their daily work, in the drafting of the commission's mandate, in the participation of civil society institutions, and in the preparation of the final report. The three country experiences were selected as informative examples. Following a description of the experiences in the three countries, this study focuses on the Peruvian case to illustrate how the formal and informal justice systems1 have responded to the gender-relevant findings of the TC. The study also provides general suggestions for the consideration of World Bank staff, particularly in the incorporation of gender issues into the Bank's postconflict interventions in relevant sectors. Finally, the study reviews some basic indicators of progress and impact in Bank-financed interventions in post-conflict and transitional settings. in the incorporation of a gender perspective in a TC.

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"Gender Mainstreaming in Conflict Transformation: Building Sustainable Peace"

Rawwida Baksh, Linda Etchart, Elsie Onubogu and Tina Johnson (Editors)

This book argues that gender equality needs to be placed on the policy and programme agenda of the entire spectrum of peace and
conflict-related initiatives and activities in order to achieve conflict resolution. It is designed as an advocacy, capacity-building and
advocacy tool to contribute to gender mainstreaming in all processes of conflict transformation and in building sustainable peace. Divided into two parts, it first provides a gender analysis of conflict in the Commonwealth and globally and then documents national and regional case study experiences.

2005. ISBN 0 85092 754 4). 232 pages. WE726. 22.50 USD.
Women, Ink. Collection.

"Gender perspectives in peace initiatives: opportunities and challenges"

Chhabra, S.
Eldis Document Store , 2006

This paper analyses the issue of women and conflicts. It looks at women as victims of violence, and also as active participants in wars and conflict situations. The author also points out that women’s issues and rights are usually ignored in conflict situations, and in the context of post-conflict rebuilding of peace.

The paper highlights several challenges to incorporating a gender perspective in peace operations, including the following:
- because women are usually viewed in the peace as victims of war and conflict, they are often overlooked as active participants in the process of peace negotiations, peace building and post conflict activities
- women lack the organisational force to have strategic plans to address the current situation of the country as also to present their plans in peace process
- women and gender issues have generally been excluded from discussions and interventions for conflict and peace, as these are seen as predominantly male domains
- the contributions of women are often overlooked because they are non-traditional or outside the formal issues of the conflict.

The paper concludes by listing some opportunities for reflecting a gender perspective in the peace process. They include:
- women’s peace activism encompasses concerns for food security, access to their land, forest, water and other resources, and therefore contribute to justice and human security
- numerous studies have noted that gender roles change in various ways during armed conflicts and that this can entail positive potential for social changes in gender relations
- women peace negotiators understand and articulate the implications of peace processes for women better than male negotiators.

This paper can be downloaded at [Eldis].

"Gendercide and Genocide"

Adam Jones (Editor)
Paperback: ISBN: 0-8265-1445-6. 29.95 USD
Cloth: ISBN: 0-8265-1444-8. 69.95 USD
Nachville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, April 2004

The most wide-ranging book ever published on gender-selective mass killing, or "gendercide," this collection of essays is also the first to explore systematically the targeting of non-combatant "battle-age" males in various wartime and peacetime contexts. Representing such fields as sociology, political science, psychology, queer studies, and human-rights activism, the contributors explore themes and issues outlined by editor Adam Jones in the book's opening essay. In that article, which provoked considerable debate when it was first published in 2000, Jones argues that throughout history and around the world, the population group most consistently targeted for mass killing and state-backed oppression are non-combatant men of roughly fifteen to fifty-five years of age. Such males, Jones contends, are typically seen as "the group posing the greatest danger to the conquering force." Jones's article also examined the use of "gendercidal institutions" against both women and men, such as female infanticide, witch-hunts, military conscription, and forced labor.

Ordering and further information at [the editor's homepage]

"Gendering Human Security"
From Marginalisation to the Integration of Women in Peace-Building

Recommendations for policy and practice from the NUPI-Fafo Forum on Gender Relations in Post-Conflict Transitions

Fafo-report 352 (ISBN 82-7422-335-7)
NUPI-report 261 (ISBN 82-7002-166-0)

Two Special Issues on Femme Globale in "World Economy & Development in brief"

"Gender Perspectives in the 21st Century (I)"
A Special Issue of "World Economy & Development in brief" - No. 5-6/June 2005.

With Contributions by:
- Barbara Unmuessig on Gender Perspectives in the 21st Century
- Charlotte Bunch on Beijing+10 and Challenges for Women's Human Rights
- Christa Wichterich on the Perspectives of Gender Equality and Social Justice in View of Neo-Liberal Globalisation
- Gitti Hentschel on Gender Blindness in National and International Foreign and Security Policy

"The New Feminist Discourse (II)"
A Special Issue of "World Economy & Development in brief" - No. 9-10/September 2005.

With Contributions by:
- Ewa Charkiewicz on a New Feminist Social Critique
- Mirjam van Reisen and Maxi Ussar on Gender in Poverty Eradication
- Marion R. Mueller on the Challenge of Islamic Fundamentalism
- Ingrid Spiller on the Privatization of Public Good at the Expense of Women
- Andreas Poltermann on Bio-politics between Autonomy and Marketization
- Heike Jensen on the Women's Winding Road into the Information Society.

Ordering and other information at [World Economy and Development]

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"Hearts and Minds"
Human security approaches to political violence

Scilla Elworthy/Gabrielle Rifkind, 2005

Further information at [Demos, UK]

"Human Rights: Issues and Implementations"

V.P. Srivastav (Author)
2004. 2 Volumes, 1st. Edition.
ISBN 8173412499
122 USD (Hardbound)

The concepts of human rights have evolved through the centuries and its jurisprudence has become a concept of international importance. Several international instruments, which have adopted by the international community, since the inception of the United Nations, obligate governments to promote and protect human rights. Human Rights ensure prosperity in society by having a satisfied and productive people. This book explores various dimensions for protection and promotion of human rights. It not only marshals a wide range of materials but also tries to initiate meaningful academic interactions among human right activists. This book explains the concept of Human Rights and provides the national and international instruments under appropriate place to enable the readers to understand and follow the spirit of the instrument and legislations as well. It is a handy reference mamal to those who are teaching human rights in different educational institutions. This book will help the NGOs and the members of the public to see in a clearer light the problems and perspectives on Human Rights. Scheduled in twelve Parts and Forty-Four Chapters, this book not only analyses the imperatives, dimensions and deficiencies but also provides valuable suggestions for keeping working and efficiency on human rights in tune with the fast changing Situations and requirements.

"Human Security"

Bernadette Muthien / Charlotte Bunch

"Is human security a useful concept for achieving gender justice, human rights and development?"
An interview by Amy Schwartz, AWID Intern in the program "young women and leadership" from 17 September, 2004.

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"Kabul in Winter - Life Without Peace in Afghanistan"

Ann Jones
Metropolitan Books 2006
ISBN 0805078843
321 pages

In this chilling account, Jones recounts her experiences as an aid worker in prisons and schools in post-Taliban Afghanistan. While she explores many elements of Afghani culture (including the macabre national sport of buzkashi, in which horseback riders battle for possession of a dead calf), the subservient status of Muslim women is the topic that interests her most. She evokes a world of outcasts, from war widows to prostitutes to runaway child brides.

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"Millenium Development Goals Report 2005"

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005 has been published by the United Nations Department of Public Information. This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

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"My Truth"

A report by Giuliana Sgrena

In her newspaper, "Il Manifesto" Sgrena talks about the dramatic circumstances surrounding her release from being held hostage in Iraq. "I'm still in the dark. Friday was the most dramatic day of my life. I had been in captivity for many days. I had just spoken with my captors. It had been days they were telling me I would be released. I was living in waiting for this moment. They were speaking about things that only later I would have understood the importance of. They were speaking about problems "related to transfers." Nachzulesen in der Online-Ausgabe vom 6.März 2005.

"NGO Shadow Report to UN CEDAW Committee 36th Session"

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), Gender Studies, and the League of Human Rights jointly submit this shadow report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women commenting on the Third Periodic Report of the Czech Republic submitted under Article 18 of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

The shadow report addresses a number of categories of serious human rights abuses of women, including extreme forms of abuse such as domestic violence and coercive sterilisation, as well as very problematic law, policy, and practice in a number of areas of relevance to the Convention. This submission is not comprehensive. Its sole purpose is to present several areas of problematic law, practice and policy arising in Convention areas. The submission is structured according to relevant Convention articles.

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"Out of Area - Out of Sight?"
What Role Do Gender and Peace Policy Aspects Play in the European Security Policy?

Jele Pilar Weiskopf
herausgegeben von: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Berlin, 2006

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"Pathway to Gender Equality: CEDAW, Beijing and the MDGs"

UNIFEM in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Develoment, January 2005

This new publication "examines the gender equality dimensions of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through the lens of two important global processes: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference of Women. The publication draws on the wealth of information and experience on gender equality issues that CEDAW and Beijing already provide, suggesting that this be used to complement the MDG agenda. It identifies specific ways in which the three frameworks correspond to and support each other, and suggests resources and entry points for engaging in the process.

See [UNIFEM Resources]

"Peace Lessons from Around the World"

Hague Appeal for Peace
New York: 2006
144 pages, 25 USD

Peace education is a comprehensive and holistic participatory process that includes teaching and learning for and about human rights, non-violence, social and economic justice, gender equality, environmental sustainability, disarmament, international law, human security and traditional peace practices.

This collection of sixteen lessons, from Albania, Cambodia, Philippines, Kenya, India, Nepal, US, Catalunya (Spain) and South Africa, is based on the Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century (UN Ref. A/54/98) They should be adoptable and adaptable to any culture and will serve to stimulate values and skills for a culture of peace. Included are suggested guidelines on how to make a peace lesson.

More Information and Ordering can be found under [Hague Appeal for Peace]

Peacebuilding and Civil Society in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ten Years after Dayton
An overview of research undertaken by the Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management

Martina Fischer (Ed.)
Muenster, Hamburg, Berlin, Wien, London: LIT Verlag, 2006
ISBN 3-8258-8793-6
17,50 Euro

The Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995. The 10th anniversary gives reason to investigate the post-war period, today’s realities and future perspectives. Authors from Bosnia and international experts express their views on recent developments. Insiders and outsiders, working in the conflict and on its transformation, have been invited to tackle the questions: Which conflict lines mark the present society and which steps have addressed the underlying causes? What are the potentials and limits of internatio-nal support? What does “civil society” mean in Bosnia and how is it related to statebuilding and democratisation? How can people constructively deal with the past in order to design the future in the region of former Yugoslavia?

Ordering and further information at [LIT Verlag]

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"Responding to 'violence against women': how development policies address the issue of gender-based violence"

Belen Sobrino
UN INSTRAW (Hrsg.). Research Series "New Voices, New Perspectives"
March 2006

This paper highlights the shortcomings of current development policies to tackle violence against women, and proposes a new framework from a body politics approach to address Violence Against Women.

Read the paper >> Download PDF

"The Responsibility to Protect"

A study by the International Commission on Intervention and State Security (ICISS) on humanitarian intervention from 2001.

Available for download as a PDF document at [the ICISS site]

"The Role of Women in Stabilization & Reconstruction"
Conaway, Camille Pampell. United States Intitute of Peace.
Stabilization and Reconstruction Series

This report is based on a series of consultations under the auspices of the Working Group on the Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations, chaired by Harriet Hentges, former United States Institute of Peace executive vice president, and Harriet C. Babbitt, senior vice president of the Hunt Alternatives Fund. The Working Group on the Role of Women is part of the Institute’s Filling the Gaps series of working groups, which aims to systematically address the causes of failure in specific areas in stabilization and reconstruction operations and to generate policy options for those in the U.S. government and elsewhere who lead and staff these missions. Filling the Gaps is directed by Daniel Serwer and managed by Beth Cole DeGrasse of the Institute. More than fifty experts from the U.S. government, and international and nongovernmental organizations were convened in 2004 and 2005 to identify best practices and select priority recommendations on the role of women in stabilization and reconstruction.

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"The Shame of War"
"The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict"
March 2007

This publication is a reference book as well as photo essay of portraits and testimonies of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war, and is now available online to IRIN readers

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"Training for Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation. Experiences of the “Centre for Nonviolent Action” in the Western Balkans"

Nenad Vukosavljevic
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
June 2007

This is the third and final article in the small series on training for conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

In this essay, Nenad Vukosavljevic reflects on experiences and lessons learned from an insider activist's and practitioner's point of view. He looks back at 10 years of training practice of the Centre for Nonviolent Action in the Western Balkans, offering provocative thoughts on goals and methods, trainer-participant relations and dilemmas such as sustaining momentum, the risk of individual burn-out and achieving social change.

Read the complete article as a >> PDF File
Further information: [Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation]

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"Violence Against Girls in Africa During Armed Conflicts and Crises"

Holst-Roness, Florence Tercier. "Violence Against Girls in Africa During Armed Conflicts and Crises"
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
November 2006

This report is the result of the Second International Policy Conference on the African Child in Addis Ababa, May 11-12 2006.

For more information and to download the report visit the [ICRC Website]

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"Women, Development, and the UN: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice"
Jain, Devaki.
United Nations Intellectual History Project, 2005
ISBN: 0-253-21819-5

In Women, Development, and the UN, internationally noted development economist and activist Devaki Jain traces the ways in which women have enriched the work of the United Nations from the time of its founding in 1945. Synthesizing insights from the extensive literature on women and development and from her own broad experience, Jain reviews the evolution of the UN's programs aimed at benefiting the women of developing nations and the impact of women's ideas about rights, equality, and social justice on UN thinking and practice regarding development. Jain presents this history from the perspective of the southern hemisphere, which recognizes that development issues often look different when viewed from the standpoint of countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The book highlights the contributions of the four global women's conferences in Mexico City, Copenhagen, Nairobi, and Beijing in raising awareness, building confidence, spreading ideas, and creating alliances. The history that Jain chronicles reveals both the achievements of committed networks of women in partnership with the UN and the urgent work remaining to bring equality and justice to the world and its women.

"Women in an Insecure World: Violence against Women - Facts, Figures and Analysis"

Marie Vlachova and Lea Biason (Eds.)
Women, Ink. Collection, 2005
ISBN 92 9222 028 4
34.95 USD

This title assembles facts and figures showing not only that human security is decreasing around the world rather than increasing but that
a disproportionate number of the victims of all types of violence are women. Divided into four sections, it looks not only at gender-based
violence during war and post-conflict but also during times of peace. It shows the gravity of the consequences of this violence for families,
communities and societies and presents evidence of women's resilience against adversity and contribution to peacemaking. It also contains valuable recommendations that aim to make the world a more secure place for women.

"Women, Victims of War"

Dejan Vojvodic (Hg.)
80 Seiten
only 500 copies, distributed to NGOs and regional libraries

Collected stories from women of all social groups in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Women, War and Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-building (Progress of the World’s Women 2002 Vol. 1)

Elisabeth Rehn, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Authors)
New York: UNIFEM Headquarters, 2002.
ISBN 0-912917-66-0
22.95 USD

Historically, the world has been silent about the situation of women in war, almost as silent as the women who remain on the sidelines during war or who are excluded from peace negotiations. In addition, women often lack the confidence and the knowledge needed to participate in peace building and reconstruction.

But change is possible. "Women, War and Peace" provides examples of women in embattled regions who have been able to overcome the odds and contribute to the safety and well-being of their communities. Personal stories are shared of women involved in peace efforts.

During the Taliban regime, women in Afghanistan held secret meetings, creating maps of underground home schools and medical help, and dispersed this knowledge with other women. In Sudan, women from opposing ethnic and religious groups joined together to discuss peace; a task that men had not been successful in accomplishing. This consortium of stories reveals that, around the world, much could be accomplished if women had proper support and training. "Women, War and Peace" provides similar recommendations at the end of each chapter so that educators, policy makers or anyone interested in women and peace can understand the steps that would lead to greater progress in the area of peace and conflict resolution.

"Women, War and Peace" covers topics such as peace operations, use of media, reconstruction, health, and prevention. By sharing the personal stories of women involved in these efforts, the book shows that through willingness and support, there is hope that women will be continually involved in peace operations.

Order copy or download chapters as PDF files at [UNIFEM Resources]

"Women's Rights at the U.N. World Summit"

In an interview conducted by the Association for Women's Rights in Development, Zonibel Woods, the Senior Advisor for International Policy for the International Women's Health Coalition, discusses her reflections on the 2005 UN World Summit. Woods discusses women's participation and the incorporation of women's issues at the Summit.

Read the interview at [choike.org]

Aktualisiert: 30.07.2007, meb