NOREF - Why is it so hard to get women to the peace table? And why is that not even the right question?
▻http://peacebuilding.no/Events/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-women-to-the-peace-table-And-why-is-that-not-
Why is it so hard to get women to the peace table? And why is that not even the right question?
A breakfast seminar with Dr. Carol Cohn
11 April 2014, 08.30-10.00
Fafo Auditorium, Borggt., 2B, Oslo
Peace processes have gained increasing attention and criticism for excluding women, youth, civil society and various other grassroots actors, leaders and perspectives. Many transnational civil society actors and advocates for women’s and human rights have lobbied with limited degrees of success for women’s inclusion at the peace table. However, even getting to the peace table is no guarantee that key issues will be put on the agenda, into the agreement, or even implemented or funded following an agreement. This seminar with Dr Carol Cohn will attempt to shed light on the complex gendered institutional and political realities in which peace processes are themselves grounded and situated, and will problematise advocacy efforts to include women in these processes.
