EAN: 9783838203867

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN MAKING AND BUILDING PEACE ...

In the early 2000s  Liberian women wearing wrap skirts  white T-shirts  and shouting: 'We want
peace  no more war'  attracted international attention. After almost fifteen years of civil war
the enduring active  multifaceted  and non-violent campaigning for peace by women's
organisations contributed to the end of the fighting and the signing of a peace agreement
between the warring factions. Although it is widely assumed that women's inclusion in peace
processes yields greater attention to women's issues and needs in the aftermath of a conflict 
this is only partly the case in Liberia. Thus  this analysis looks beyond the extraordinary
commitment by women in Liberia and deals with the questions to what extent their role in the
peace process has contributed to gender-sensitive outcomes in post-conflict Liberian society
and why greater gender sensitivity was not achieved. By focusing on manifestations of patterns
of masculinity in the public and private spheres  Anne Theobald identifies factors at different
levels of analysis within different time frames that elucidate the unexpected outcome. Not only
does this provide for a more encompassing understanding of dynamics of gender relations and
context-specific variables impeding gender sensitivity in post-conflict settings  but it also
helps to refine prevailing theoretical approaches on gender in peacemaking and peacebuilding
and to develop more holistic  context-specific  and efficient policy approaches  which can
effectively lead to gender-sensitive peace.

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