Assessment of the Evidence of Links between Gender Equality, Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Literature Review

Citation:

Domingo, Pilar, Rebecca Holmes, Alina Rocha Menocal, Nicola Jones, Dharini Bhuvanendra, and Jill Wood. 2013. Assessment of the Evidence of Links between Gender Equality, Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Literature Review. Overseas Development Institute.

Authors: Pilar Domingo, Rebecca Holmes, Alina Rocha Menocal, Nicola Jones, Dharini Bhuvanendra, Jill Wood

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Summary:

“This report provides an overview of the knowledge base on gender-sensitive approaches to peacebuilding and statebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS). It uses systematic principles of enquiry to assess the evidence, but is not a systematic review. The assessment included a review of the most relevant sources, identifying the key trends and findings in relevant academic and grey literature.

The main research questions included:

• What do gender-responsive approaches in peacebuilding and statebuilding look like?
• What is the impact of gender-responsive approaches on the peacebuilding and statebuilding goals of the international agenda, including inclusivity, participation, responsiveness and accountability?
• Do these approaches substantively enhance the advancement of gender equality goals in FCAS?

For the most part, the literature on peacebuilding and statebuilding does not address these research questions directly or explicitly. As such, the review sought to elicit relevant analytical and empirical findings by taking a closer look at key thematic and sectoral components of peacebuilding and statebuilding, and examined how gender-responsive approaches featured in these.” (Pilar, Holmes, Menocal, Jones, Bhuvanendra, and Wood 2013, iii)

Topics: Conflict, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Peacebuilding

Year: 2013

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