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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 (booknews.com)
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'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 themes such as female combatants, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, the legal framework, work, the rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development. And for each theme it analyzes how conflict changes gender roles and the policy options that might be considered to build on positive aspects while minimizing adverse changes.The suggested policy options and approaches aim to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by violent conflict to encourage change and build more inclusive and gender balanced social, economic and political relations in post-conflict societies. The book concludes by identifying some of the remaining challenges and themes that require additional analysis and research.The book will be of interest to policymakers, scholars, researchers, graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of conflict studies/regional studies/gender studies.
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