Global

Accord Insight: Women building peace

Mar 2013

Global policy highlights the importance of women’s participation in peace processes and peacebuilding. Yet the impact of international commitments is not felt on the ground. Most peace agreements do not address the specific concerns of women. And women are still excluded from political processes.

Event: Conflict prevention and the EU – what role for the UK?

Apr 2013

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 11am–3.30pm. Westminister, London

  • Session 1: The role of the EEAS in conflict prevention and peacebuilding
    Chair: Phil Vernon, International Alert
  • Session 2: Supporting conflict prevention and peacebuilding through EU development assistance
    Chair: David Newton, Conciliation Resources

For full event details and RSVP instructions please download the draft agenda.

Listing terrorists: the impact of proscription on third-party efforts to engage armed groups in peace processes

Apr 2013

'Listing terrorists: the impact of proscription on third-party efforts to engage armed groups in peace processes – a practitioner's perspective'

This article explores the effects of proscription – the act of listing an armed group as a designated terrorist organisation – as an example of how international counterterrorist policy can impact on the possibility for third-party actors to engage with listed armed groups in the context of peace processes.

Key texts and further reading

Accord Insight: Women building peace
Mar 2013
A list of selected Key Texts, Further Reading and Key Websites for reference.

Expert Analysis

Expert Analysis - From the forefront of peace and reconciliation: testimonies from women building peace
Mar 2013
An expert analysis from gender specialists Judith Gardner and Judy El-Bushra highlights common themes and experiences from the Accord case studies and situates these in the context of current policy on women, peace and security.

Accord Insight: Women building peace

Accord Insight: Women building peace
Mar 2013
The wealth of women's peacebuilding practice documented in the Accord series sheds light on what women peacebuilders have done to overcome conflict. The case studies of this Accord Insight focus on specific contexts, yet also provide three general insights for peacebuilding practitioners and policymakers: women's efforts can broaden the scope of peacebuilding; overcoming challenges to political participation is vital; understanding gender relations is key to building sustainable peace.

Foreword

Accord Insight: Women building peace
Mar 2013
Zahbia Yousuf and David Newton provide a foreword to the publication, introducing the new Accord Insight paper and elaborating on the structure and rationale of the publication.

Women and peacebuilding

This volume looks back at a wealth of women’s peacebuilding practice documented by Accord since 1998. Case studies from Cambodia, Sierra Leone, northern Uganda, Papua New Guinea–Bougainville, Northern Ireland, Angola, Sudan, Indonesia–Aceh and Somalia shed light on what women peacebuilders have done to overcome conflict and the challenges they encountered.

UK development aid can help build peace and reduce inequality

Aid can and should be used to increase security for poor people. However, in response to reported comments by the UK Prime Minister, we draw on experience to assert that stable societies are more often secured through addressing the root causes of conflict and building inclusive societies, rather than military intervention.

Peacebuilding and poverty reduction: two halves of the same development coin

Members of one of Liberia's District Platforms for Dialogue pictured discussing their achievements during a workshop in Bo, Sierra Leone. January 2013
With aid effectiveness under increased analysis in the UK and budget cuts being discussed at the EU level, Teresa Dumasy makes the case that a focus on peace, partnerships and the promotion of legitimate politics holds the key to effective and sustainable development.

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