Development in Conflict

by El Bushra, Judy; Piza-Lopez, Eugenia

• ISBN13: 9780855982942
• ISBN10: 0855982942
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: Oxfam Pubns

Summary

This paper is intended for development workers who need clearer practical and theoretical insights into the problems of integrating a gender perspective into conflict-related work.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
I DEVELOPMENT AND CONFLICT: THE GENDER DIMENSION
Understanding Armed Conflict	3	(16)
Introduction	3	(1)
Analysing conflicts	4	(9)
Conflict as a process	13	(1)
A new model of development	13	(6)
The Gender Dimensions of Armed Conflict	19	(20)
Introduction	19	(1)
Women's experience of conflict	20	(12)
Changes in gender relations: power, conflict and transformation	32	(7)
Implementing Gender-Sensitive Responses to Conflict	39
Introduction	39
Assessment, monitoring and evaluation	39
Policy considerations in specific conflict-related situation	44
Partnership issues	46
Institutional issues	48
II CASE TUDIES
The Impact of Armed Conflict on Gender Relations	55
Cambodia	55
Pok Panhavichetr
Somalia	58
Judy El-Bushra
Uganda	61
Judy El-Bushra
The Effects of Conflict on Women	67
An overview	67
Claudia Garcia Moreno
A checklist	74
Gigi Francisco
Meeting the Support Needs of Women in Conflict Situations	79
Sri Lanka	79
Nalini Kasynathan
Working with Partners on Gender Issues in Conflict Situations	85
Burma	85
Shona Kirkwood
Philippines	87
Arlene C Mahinay
The Evolution of Oxfam's Gender Strategy in Conflict	95
Lebanon	95
Lina Abu Habib