Peace Agreements and Peace Making

Peacemaking is a long-term diplomatic process of negotiations intended to culminate in a signed peace agreement. Because few women are leaders among the parties to peace talks, women’s perspectives and experiences are frequently ignored. Yet, the process of negotiation provides a foundation for future laws, policies and programmes. When women are absent at the outset, it becomes increasingly difficult to integrate them in later processes. When women overcome the many obstacles they face, their creativity and initiative can be invaluable to the peace process, whether through unofficial negotiations with armed groups, massive campaigns to bring parties to the peace table or the gender-specific guarantees they secure as formal negotiators.

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Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A Guide to Policy and Planning on Women, Peace and Security

This guide is provides recommendations on the development of realistic action plans on women, peace and security. The guide is designed as a resource for governments, United Nations and regional organisations as well as non-governmental organisations.

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Development, Women and War: Feminist Perspectives

In these series of articles policy makers, practitioners, and academics discuss long-running conflicts around the world and highlight women's experiences and potential to contribute both to war and peace.

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The Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis: UNIFEM's Research in the Solomon Islands

This paper, published in Gender and Development, discusses the research methodology and results of the 2005 Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis conducted by UNIFEM in the Solomon Islands. The use of gender analysis to shape peace processes would help solidify women’s gains in status and contribute to economic and civil society development. To purchase the article, visit the Governance and Social Research Development Centre.

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