{"id":7521,"date":"2016-04-26T16:20:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2016-04-26T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:20:16","slug":"gender-and-security-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/gender-and-security-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender and Security in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>By:\u00a0Dr. Awino Okech<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This is the second in a series of three African Women\u2019s Development Fund primers entitled Feminist Perspectives on Governance, Peace and Security. The primers are intended to:<br \/>\n1. Offer a review of the major debates on women, governance, peace and security in Africa.<br \/>\n2. Review and analyse women\u2019s movements\u2019 interventions in governance, peace and security.<br \/>\n3. Offer a set of policy and advocacy priorities based on political and practical realities.<br \/>\n4. Benefit women\u2019s rights activists, organisations and people in government at the front line of local and national mobilisation initiatives seeking to enhance women\u2019s leadership.<br \/>\n5. Assist in building alliances and structuring support across various institutions working towards enhancing women\u2019s political participation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This primer reflects on women\u2019s peace activism and gendered security in Africa. It explores the following interlinked questions: What factors drive women\u2019s peace activism? Who are the major actors that women peace activists target? What are the key lessons that can be drawn from these interactions? This primer begins by tracing the evolution of debates and activism on gender and violence.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, it highlights national, regional and international policy frameworks that have emerged out of this activism. Finally, the primer draws on a few peace building initiatives led by women\u2019s rights actors across the continent. We hope the lessons highlighted here offer a basis for building alliances and structuring support across various institutions working to enhance women\u2019s peace activism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/Primer-Two-Gender-Security-in-Africa.pdf\" rel=\"\">Primer Two Gender &amp; Security in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By:\u00a0Dr. Awino Okech This is the second in a series of three African Women\u2019s Development Fund primers entitled Feminist Perspectives on Governance, Peace and Security. The primers are intended to: 1. Offer a review of the major debates on women, governance, peace and security in Africa. 2. 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