Gender, Conflict, and Development
'Gender, Conflict, and Development' was written as an effort to fill a gap between the Bank's work on gender mainstreaming and its agenda in conflict and development. The authors identify a link between gender and conflict issues and provide the most comprehensive review of external and internal sources on gender and conflict, with a particular focus on policy relevance for an institution such as the Bank.\ The book highlights the gender dimensions of conflict, organized around major relevant...
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The authors (affiliated with the Netherlands Institute of International Relations' Clingendael Conflict Research Unit and the World Bank's Social Development Department of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network) seek to systematically explore the links between gender, conflict, and development, particularly as they are important to the activities of organizations such as the World Bank. They deal with issues such as sexual violence, gender and formal peace processes, "gender-sensitizing" the post conflict legal framework, equality in labor market opportunities, and rehabilitating social services. In addition to reviewing issues, they consider policy options throughout. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1Introduction12Gender and warfare : female combatants and soldiers' wives93Gender-based and sexual violence : a multidimensional approach334Gender and formal peace processes495Gender, informal peace processes, and rebuilding civil society656Gender-sensitizing the post-conflict legal framework777Gender and work : creating equal labor market opportunities898Gender and rehabilitating social services : a focus on education1119Gender and community-driven development12310Policy options13311Further analysis on gender, conflict, and development145
