Perils of Peacebuilding: Gender-Blindness, Climate Change and Ceasefire Capitalism in Colombia and Myanmar (chapter in "Feminist Conversations on Peace")
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Author(s): Henri Myrttinen and Diana López Castañeda
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Gender, Land, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Colombia, Myanmar
Peacebuilding requires a complex set of operations and transformations that address root causes of conflict, repairs victims and creates trust – all of which are highly gendered, often tied to territory and increasingly impacted upon by climate change. In spite of their centrality, resource extraction and environmental conflict have been largely absent from peacebuilding theory, policy and practice, especially in terms of what they mean for women, men and persons of other gender identities, of different ages, social classes, abilities and ethnic backgrounds. This conversation explores what lessons can be drawn from the faltering peace processes in Colombia and Myanmar in this respect. Thinking through the peace processes from an intersectional gender lens and environmental perspective, the chapter examines the pitfalls and perils of institutionalized fixes to complex conflicts, leading to unjust and unstable peace processes and deteriorating democracies.