Women, Gender and Peacebuilding

Donna Pankhurst

August 2000

(This working paper was originally written as an advocacy paper for International Alert and funded by the Joel Joffe Trust)

Contents

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1

2. Conceptualising Conflict and Peace: Implications for Peacebuilding ............................ 2

3. Women, Gender and Conflict .................................................................................. 5

3.1 Women and War .................................................................................................. 5

3.2 Gender and Conflict .............................................................................................. 9

3.3 Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 13

4. Women, Gender and Peacebuilding ........................................................................ 14

4.1 Working with Women as Peacemakers ................................................................. 14

4.2 Mainstreaming Gender into Policies ...................................................................... 19

4.3 Working with Men to Change Masculinity ............................................................... 23

5. Future Policy Directions ......................................................................................... 24

5.1 The Policy Context ............................................................................................... 24

5.2 Key Policy Objectives ........................................................................................... 25

5.3 Specific Policy Recommendations .......................................................................... 25

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