Women and peacebuilding in Africa

• Titel: Women and peacebuilding in Africa
• Mitwirkende: Chitando, Anna [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Anna Chitando
• Verlagsort: London ; New York, NY
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: ix, 232 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa ; 7
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43614-8
• ISBN: 978-1-003-02604-4
• ISBN: 978-0-367-62063-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Afrika / (s)Frau / (s)Friedenspolitik / (s)Friedenssicherung
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Women and peacebuilding in Africa. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 232 Seiten)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Women and peacebuilding in Africa. - London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 232 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1737233061

Abstract

Women and Peacebuilding in Africa / Anna Chitando -- Women in Peacebuilding: Influencing Africa's Peace and Security Architecture / Lukong Stella Shulika and Janet Muthoni Muthuki -- Women's Participation in Peacebuilding in Africa / Esther Tawiah -- Young Women and Peacebuilding / Maureen Guma -- Building Sustainable Peace in Post Conflict Settings in Africa: A Case Study of Liberia / Pearl Karuhanga Atuhaire -- Women and Peacebuilding in Madagascar / Gaby Razafrindrakoto -- Women as Religious Citizens and Peacebuilding in Kenya / Loreen Maseno -- Women as Agents of Peace in the Midlands Province, Zimbabwe: Towards Sustainable Peace and Development / Sophia Chirongoma and Mpumelelo Moyo -- Women with Disability, Peacebuilding and Development in Adamawa State, Nigeria / Jessie Fubara-Manuel and Justina Mike Ngwobia -- Peacebuilding through health work: Opportunities and challenges for women community health volunteers in Kenya / Roseanne Njiru -- Women, Artisanal Mining and Peacebuilding in Africa / Maame Esi Eshun -- A Role Analysis of Women in the Fight against Terrorism in Nigeria / Grace Atim -- 'Not all heroes Wear Caps': Women and Peacebuilding in the Public Sphere in Zambia through a Narrative of Susan Sikaneta / Nelly Mwale -- 'Swimming Against the Current': Queen Labotsibeni, the Epitome of Effective Peacebuilding in Eswatini / Sonene Nyawo -- "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" as a Resource for Appreciating African Women's Contribution to Peacebuilding / Anna Chitando.

Abstract

"This volume re-centres African women scholars in the discourse on African women and peacebuilding, combining theoretical reflections with cases studies in a rage of African countries. The chapters outline the history of African women's engagement in peacebuilding, introducing new and neglected themes such as youth, disability and religious peacebuilding and laying the foundations for new theoretical insights. Providing case studies from across Africa, the contributors highlights the achievements and challenges characterising women's contributions to peacebuilding on the continent. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of peacebuilding, African security and gender"--