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The Role of Women in Making and Building Peace in Liberia : Gender Sensitivity versus Masculinity.

In the early 2000s, Liberian women wearing wrap skirts and white T-shirts, 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 co...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Theobald, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a In the early 2000s, Liberian women wearing wrap skirts and white T-shirts, 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, t. 
505 0 |a List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Rationale and definition of key terms; 1.2. Research questions; 1.3. Methodology; 1.4. Contribution to literature; 1.5. Structure; 2. Theoretical approaches to gender and masculinity relating to issues of peace and conflict; 2.1. The importance of gender and gender sensitivity for the creation of peace and post-conflict orders; 2.2. The impact of masculinity/masculinities as an obstacle to gender-sensitive post-conflict orders; 2.3. Literature review. 
505 8 |a 3. Liberia's past and present: An overview of Liberian history from the foundation to the early 2000s3.1. Review of the historical and socio-cultural background of Liberia; 3.2. Women's socio-cultural position in pre-conflict Liberia; 3.3. The outbreak and progression of the Liberian conflict (1989-2003); 4. Liberian women's role in the conflict, peacemaking, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction; 4.1. Gendered implications of the conflict and the participation of women. 
505 8 |a 4.2. Informal and formal participation of women: The examples of the Liberian Women's Initiative, the Mano River Union Women Peace Network and the Women in Peacebuilding Network4.3. Achievements, problems and missed opportunities: Critical review of women's activities in the settlement of the Liberian conflict; 5. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's electoral victory: Final success or litmus test for Liberia's women?; 5.1. The political career of the Liberian Iron Lady; 5.2. Electoral victory with and against a political system. 
505 8 |a 5.3. Between continuity and a political new start: The first Johnson-Sirleaf administration6. Peace at last? A critical analysis of Liberia's Post-Conflict situation; 6.1. Deficient peace? A multi-factorial analysis of the Liberian postconflict order through a gender lens; 6.2. The ubiquitous impact of masculinity and its relevance for gender sensitivity in the making and building of peace; 6.3. Theoretical conclusions: Opportunities and challenges for a gender-sensitive peace; 7. Conclusion; 8. Appendix; 8.1. Appendix I: Map of the Republic of Liberia; 8.2. Appendix II: Analytical framework. 
505 8 |a 8.3. Appendix III: Multi-level analysis of the Liberian post-conflict situation8.4. Appendix IV: Distribution of seats in parliament (2005); 9. Bibliography. 
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