Protection & Access to Justice
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Text and context: Evaluating peace agreements for their 'gender perspective'
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Since approximately 1990, peace processes involving the negotiation of formal peace agreements between the protagonists to conflict have become a predominant way of ending violent…
Protected Rather Than Protracted: Strengthening Displaced Persons in Peace Processes
Briefs & Development
This paper reviews the current state of the art on the return of displaced persons as a durable solution for long-term displacement situations. It outlines…
Women and Climate Change: Impact and Agency in Human Rights, Security, and Economic Development
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This report comes at an important time of international observance when new commitments to action will be made, coinciding not only with the fifteenth anniversaries…
Weather Shocks and Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
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This study uses variation in rainfall to study how extreme shocks to income affect intimate partner violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that women experiencing…
Women's Land Rights and Africa's Development Conundrum- Which Way Forward?
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How can African countries use land policies to ensure agricultural development and inclusive growth? Particularly in countries which are dominated by patriarchal land ownership systems?…
Afghanistan’s Mining Industry, Crucial for Economy, Holds Risks for Women
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As Afghanistan attempts to develop its economy by attracting investment to its mining sector, the already daunting conditions for women in rural areas could worsen…
Voices from Nepal: Promoting Women's Climate Leadership
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The magnitude of the problem of climate change and environmental degradation in a mountainous and developing country like Nepal is very alarming.
Rapid population growth and…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Roles, Opportunities and Risks for Women Working at Artisanal Mines in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Two dominant narratives have characterized the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): (1) the horrific abuse of women through sexual violence and…
UN Security Council Resolution 2122 (2013)
Briefs & Development
Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960…
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential
Briefs & Development
This report focuses on the relationship between women and natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and discusses how the management of natural resources can be used…
Mujeres y Recursos Naturales: Liberando el Potencial Para la Consolidacion de la Paz
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Las diversas experiencias de las mujeres en tiempos de conflicto tienen poderosas implicaciones para la consolidación de la paz. Su capacidad para recuperarse del conflicto…
Building Sustainable Peace and Prosperity through Women's Land Tenure Security: A Zambian Case Study
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Land security continues to be an understudied issue, despite the fact that conflicts over land have been part of human history since ancient times. Particularly…
UN Women Sourcebook on Women, Peace and Security
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This collection of papers is a set of resource materials to support improved implementation of the five WPS resolutions. It consists of analytical documents explaining…
Gender and Post-Conflict Governance: Understanding the Challenges
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Around the world, as countries undertake transitions towards peace, good governance and democracy, women have asserted their demands for participation, representation, accountability and political freedom.
As universal…
Environmental Conflicts and Women’s Vulnerability in Africa
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This article examines environmental conflicts and women’s vulnerability in Africa. Environmental resources are critical to poor women’s productive and reproductive lives in Africa. Environmental resources…
UN Security Council Resolution 1889 (2009)
Briefs & Development
Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006), 1820 (2008), 1882…
Women in War and Peace: Grassroots Peacebuilding
Briefs & Development
The United States Institute of Peace strives, through research, education, and training, to understand this role of nongovernmental entities in bringing about a stable peace…
What Has Happened to Gender Provisions in Peace Agreements?
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The world seemed to be making slow but steady progress on the inclusion of gender sensitive provisions in peace agreements. References to women and gender had…
Day 9: Feminism and Food Sovereignty
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Food sovereignty offers opportunities to advance women’s rights within the food system, but we must also work to restore gender relations within rural families and…