Conflict prevention and transformation: women’s vital contributions
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 22, 2006
The Initiative for Inclusive Security A Program of Hunt Alternatives Fund |
Conflict Prevention and Transformation: Women’s Vital
Contributions
The Initiative for Inclusive Security and the
United Nations Foundation
February 23, 2005
Link to full pdf Report File – http://www.womenwagingpeace.net/content/themes/Conflict_Prevention_Rpt.pdf
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Via Eldis
Conflict prevention and transformation: women’s vital
contributions
Authors: Women waging peace
Produced by: Women
Waging Peace, Cambridge and Washington (2005)
This conference
report makes the case for the inclusion of women and gender perspectives in
peace processes and offers practical recommendations, guidelines, and models to
assist and encourage policymakers to include women and gender perspectives in
their program designs.
Women Waging Peace and the United Nations
Foundation hosted a consultation on the role of women in conflict prevention in
2005. This report consists of an overview chapter identifying trends and
strategies from the presentations, followed by brief excerpts of papers composed
by the conference speakers. Discussions group into three main areas:
- nonviolent transformation. Women around the world who are at the forefront
of nonviolent reform movements for democracy and human rights - preventing the escalation of conflict. Whether protesting unconstitutional
government activities, directly engaging potentially violent actors, or
developing early warning systems, women are actively working to prevent
heightened tension and violence - women at the forefront of preventing resurgence in violence
Based on the day’s discussions, concrete recommendations for policymakers and
practitioners were generated by the participants and are also included in this
report. These include :
- increase the access of women leaders in conflict prevention and nonviolent
transformation to relevant policymakers - protect women leaders in conflict prevention and nonviolent transformation
in unstable countries - provide financial support to women leaders in conflict prevention and
nonviolent transformation
Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20804
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