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Drivers of ChangeReflecting on the significance of external support on Women, Peace and Security to armed and political movements in Myanmar
This policy brief explores the impact of our participatory action research project "Observe and Act" in Myanmar. It collects and analyses stories of discourse, policy and process changes, that were perceived by a diverse group of stakeholders as being linked to the project’s approach of involving the leadership of armed and political movements (APMs) and engaging with them in a participatory manner.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Tilman Papesch, Zin May Phyo
အပြောင်းအလဲအတွက် တွန်းအားများမြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လက်နက်ကိုင်နှင့် နိုင်ငံရေးလှုပ်ရှားမှုများအတွင်းရှိ အမျိုးသမီးများ၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးဆိုင်ရာ ပြင်ပပံ့ပိုးမှုများကို ထင်ဟပ်ခြင်း
ဤမူဝါဒအကျဉ်းချုပ်သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ပူးပေါင်းပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်သော သုတေသနပြုမှု၏ သက်ရောက်မှုများကို စူးစမ်းလေ့လာရန်နှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လက်နက်ကိုင်နှင့် နိုင်ငံရေးလှုပ်ရှားမှုများ ထိန်းချုပ်ရာဒေသ သို့မဟုတ် ဩဇာလွှမ်းမိုးရာဒေသများ (APM) အတွင်းရှိ အမျိုးသမီးများ၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကဏ္ဍ အကောင်အထည်ဖော်မှုများကို သုံးသပ်လေ့လာမှုနှင့် ပံ့ပိုးမှုများ ပြုနိုင်ရန်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ဤစီမံချက်က ဟောပြောဆွေးနွေးမှု ဖြစ်ရပ်များ၊ မူဝါဒနှင့် လုပ်ငန်းစဉ် အပြောင်းအလဲများ၊ ခေါင်းဆောင်မှုနှင့် ထိတွေ့ချည်းကပ်ဆက်ဆံမှု၊ လူအများပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက် ထိတွေ့သည့်နည်းနာဖြင့် ချိတ်ဆက်မှုများအပေါ် မူတည်၍ မတူကွဲပြားသော အရေးပါသည့် အုပ်စုများ၏ ထင်မြင်ယူဆချက်များကို စုဆောင်း၍ သုံးသပ်စိစစ်မှု ပြုပါသည်။
- Year2024
- Author(s)Tilman Papesch, Zin May Phyo
Empowerment lies withinOpportunities and challenges for the implementation of the Women, Peace & Security framework by political movements in Yemen
This policy brief analysis the role that political movements in Yemen play in implementing the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, especially in safeguarding and fostering the involvement of women and girls in peace and security matters. It offers recommendations on how international actors can enhance support for WPS policies and practices in relation to political movements in Yemen.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Ann-Kristin Sjöberg, Wameedh Shakir, Véronique Dudouet
From the mountains to the public arenaThe struggle of women ex-combatants of FARC-EP to make their voices heard
In the third issue of our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation, Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera, former member of FARC-EP, a negotiator during the peace process and signatory to the 2016 Final Peace Agreement in Colombia, shares her experiences of transitioning from armed conflict to the legal political sphere. She details the challenges encountered in "continuing the struggle without arms" and offers a set of recommendations aimed at ensuring meaningful political participation for women ex-combatants in peace processes.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera
Political reintegration and the continuation of the struggle after warWomen ex-combatants in formal and informal politics
This is the second issue of our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation. This paper explores the political re-conversion pathways that women ex-combatants pursue after the signing of a peace agreement. From 2022 to 2023, we engaged in focus group discussions, interviews, and peer-learning workshops with over 70 women ex-combatants from Colombia, El Salvador, and the Philippines. In this publication, we present their testimonies and analyse their experiences of continuing their engagement post-war through nonviolent means in both formal and informal political spheres.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer
Reintegración política y continuación de la lucha tras la guerraMujeres excombatientes en la política formal e informal
Este es el segundo número de nuestra serie de informes de incidencia política sobre la transformación de conflictos con perspectiva de género. Este documento explora las vías de reconversión política que siguen las mujeres excombatientes tras la firma de un acuerdo de paz. Entre 2022 y 2023, participamos en discusiones de grupos focales, entrevistas y talleres de aprendizaje entre pares con más de 70 mujeres excombatientes de Colombia, El Salvador y Filipinas. En esta publicación, presentamos sus testimonios y analizamos sus experiencias sobre la continuación de su compromiso en escenarios políticos formales e informales.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer
De las montañas a las arenas públicasLa lucha de las mujeres exguerrilleras de las FARC EP por hacer escuchar su voz
En el tercer número de nuestra serie de nuestra serie de informes de incidencia política sobre la transformación de conflictos con perspectiva de género, Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera, exmiembro de las FARC-EP, negociadora durante el proceso de paz y firmante del Acuerdo Final de Paz de 2016 en Colombia, comparte sus experiencias sobre la transición del conflicto armado a la escena política. Detalla los retos encontrados al "continuar la lucha sin armas" y ofrece una serie de recomendaciones destinadas a garantizar una participación política significativa de las mujeres excombatientes en los procesos de paz.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera
From Entry Points to Sustainable Action: Equipping Peace Processes for Accountability and IntegrityThe Case of the Bangsamoro
The Bangsamoro peace process is an interesting case study to analyse potential entry-points for stronger integration of anti-corruption measures into peace processes.
- Year2024
- Author(s)Balázs Áron Kovács
Synthesis Paper: Under crossfireThe courageous work of women faith-based mediators to prevent, mitigate and resolve violent conflicts
Women faith-based mediators use creative strategies to achieve results despite the barriers they face and while working under risky conditions. But because their efforts and achievements remain largely invisible, together with the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, we want to give visibility to these brave women, to their daily struggles as well as unmatched courage and perseverance.
- Year2023
- Author(s)Carla Schraml, Luxshi Vimalarajah
تحدّيات الأمن المناخي في العراقنقاط الدخول لحوارٍ على المستوي المحلّّي
بدأ العراق يشعر بوطأة تغ رُّالمناخ وزيادة المخاطرالأمنية ذات الصلة.
- Year2023