On the frontlines : gender, war, and the post-conflict process / Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Dina Francesca Haynes, Naomi Cahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ní Aoláin, Fionnuala, 1967-

Contributor:

Haynes, Dina Francesca.

Cahn, Naomi R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and war.

Women and peace.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women's rights.

Postwar reconstruction.

Physical Description:

xii, 358 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Gender oppression has been a feature of war and conflict throughout human history, yet until fairly recently, little attention was devoted to addressing the consequences of violence and discrimination experienced by women in post-conflict states. Thankfully, that reality is changing. Today, in a variety of post-conflict settings-the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Colombia, Northern Ireland-international advocates for women's rights have focused on bringing issues of sexual violence and discrimination into peace-making processes. But they are not yet in the forefront.

In On the Frontlines, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Dina Francesca Haynes, and Naomi Cahn consider post-conflict processes and policies in a range of countries and assess the extent to which they have succeeded in improving women's lives. The authors argue that there has been too little progress, and that the failures are in part a product of an unrelentingly narrow focus on issues such as political participation. They argue that the way forward requires a broader and deeper attempt to alter the cultures and societies that are at the root of much of the violence and exclusions experienced by women. If states and international institutions hope to succeed in stabilizing failing states, gender needs to move to the forefront of our efforts. They contend that this broader approach of gender centrality and increased gender equality is directly correlated with state stability and functions to preclude further conflict. With this in mind, the authors examine the efforts of transnational organizations, states and civil society in multiple jurisdictions to place gender at the center of all post-conflict processes. They offer concrete analysis and practical solutions to ensuring gender centrality in all aspects of peace making and peace enforcement. Book jacket.

Contents:

Before, during and after conflict: the connections for women

Gender, and the forms and experiences of conflict

The significance of security: realizing peace

Engendering international intervention

Peacekeeping

Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs

International and local criminal accountability for gendered violence

Remedies

Law reform, constitutional design, and gender

Gender and governance

Development infrastructure: economics, health, and education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-346) and index.

ISBN:

9780195396645

0195396642

9780195396652

0195396650

OCLC:

715287782