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:

Cahn, Naomi R.

Haynes, Dina Francesca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women and peace.

Women and war.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, in a variety of post-conflict settings international advocates for women's rights have focused on bringing issues of sexual violence, discrimination and exclusion into peace-making processes. 'On the Frontlines' consider such policies and assess the extent to which they have had success in improving women's lives.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Key Threads and Themes; Gender Centrality; Relevant International Norms; PART ONE: Conflict and Its Dynamics; Chapter 1. Before, During, and After Conflict: The Connections for Women; Mapping the Status of Women Prior to Conflict; Some Relevant Measures; Gender, Law, and Social Capital; A Practical Assessment of the Before and After; Chapter 2. Gender and the Forms and Experiences of Conflict; Women as Political and Military Actors; Violence, Women, and Victimization; Masculinities and Conflict; Conclusion; PART TWO: Toward Peace

Chapter 3. The Significance of Security: Realizing PeaceIs Gender Central to Security?; Security Reform and Transition; Critique of Mainstream Approaches to the Concept of Post-Conflict Security; Is Security the Same for Men and Women?; Security Reform Meets Pervasive Violence and Discrimination; A New Paradigm of Gendered Security; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Engendering International Intervention; International Interventions; Types and Phases of Post-Conflict Intervention and Their Potential Gender Impact; The Actors; Toward Gender-Positive Intervention

Capturing and Retaining Gender Equity Achieved During WarConclusion; Chapter 5. Peacekeeping; Parameters and Status of Peacekeeping Missions; Identifying the Peacekeepers; Masculinities of Peacekeeping; Positive and Negative Lessons Learned from Peacekeeping Missions; Positives and Negatives of Employment and Economic Stimulus; Positives and Negatives Associated with Gender-Cultural Interactions; Sexual Violence and Peacekeeping Missions; What Would Gender-Positive Peacekeeping Encompass?; Legal Accountability; Training for Peacekeepers; Codes of Conduct; Added Gender Roles in Peacekeeping

ConclusionChapter 6. Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Programs; DDR Programs: What Happens?; The Power of Gender and DDR; Deconstructing DDR Programs; Reconstructing DDR Programs; Special Accommodations for Women and Girls; Attention to Masculinities; The Ways Forward; Conclusion; Chapter 7. International and Local Criminal Accountability for Gendered Violence; Sex-Based Violence and Accountability in International Law; The Legal Journey to Codify Gendered Crimes in Armed Conflicts; Evidentiary Rules and Sexual Violence

Other Accountability Mechanisms-Restorative Justice and Other PracticesConclusion; Chapter 8. Remedies; Truth Processes; The Gendered Dimensions of Truth Recovery; How Can Truth Recovery Mechanisms Centralize Gender?; Reparations; Lustration, Vetting, and Gender; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Law Reform, Constitutional Design, and Gender; Gender and the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies; Constitutional Transformation and Post-Conflict Processes; Process: Peace Agreements as Constitutional Documents; Peace Agreements, Constitutions, and Customary Law

Gendered Dimensions of Constitution Drafting in Implementation Agreements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012).

ISBN:

9786613352958

9780199918416

0199918414

9781283352956

1283352958

9780199910052

0199910057

OCLC:

766429757