Gender, Conflict and Development

Module code: PES7041-B

Module Aims

To introduce you to applied gender analysis in understanding the roots of conflict, the impacts of violent conflict and the design of post-conflict reconstruction and development;
To combine gender analysis and conflict analysis in the scrutiny of development policies in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Outline Syllabus

Topics will include: Understanding gender, masculinity(ies) and femininity (ies) and conflict; Gendered roots of violent conflict; Gendered impacts of different types of conflict; Sexual violence during conflict and post-conflict; Shifts in gender roles during conflict; Gender and peace agreements; Gender and the conduct of peacekeeping; UN Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security; Post-conflict reconfiguration of gender roles, including backlash; Gender and post-conflict reconstruction, social development and peacebuilding; Gender and post-conflict politics (representation and legislative processes); gender and demobilisation, disarmament, and reconstruction; gender and security sector reform, including justice sector issues such as transitional justice and access to justice.

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