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Gender refers to socially constructed characteristics, norms, behaviours and roles associated with different gender identities. As a social construct, gender varies across societies and changes over time. Gender also operates as a system of power that shapes how individuals experience and express their gender, producing inequalities that intersect with other forms of discrimination. Understanding gender relations is therefore essential for analysing power dynamics in any given social, political or conflict-affected context.
Gender-inclusive conflict transformationPerspectives from female (ex-)combatants
Our team issued a series of papers to bring the insights and knowledge of female ex-combatants into policy debates within the peacebuilding community.
- blog post 8 Nov 2022
- Author(s) Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet
Gender inclusivity in confidence building
Confidence building is a realm of mediation where even generally embraced rhetorical consensus for expanding inclusivity can often encounter significant obstacles.
- blog post 9 Sept 2020
- Author(s) Aneesa Walji, Luxshi Vimalarajah
A feminist response to the war in Ukraine
Germany just announced its guidelines for a feminist foreign policy. In the context of the war in Ukraine, this means actively promoting women's participation.
- blog post 15 Mar 2023
- Author(s) Christine Seifert
Gender Relations, Violence and Conflict TransformationHandbook Article
- Year 2011
- Author(s) Cilja Harders
Conflict transformation requires gender-transformative peacebuilding
Gender-transformative peacebuilding is not about adding women to existing processes, but transforming the systems of power that perpetuate conflict.
- blog post 4 Sept 2026
- Author(s) Claudia Cruz Almeida
The gender-transformative potential of transitional justiceHow dealing with the past processes can work for and with women
During our second dialogue event, we discussed how transitional justice can contribute to the transformation of discriminatory gender structures.
- feature 9 Feb 2023
Policy insights seriesGender-inclusive conflict transformation
The series presents the experiences, aspirations and lessons learned from women in or associated with resistance and liberation movements on gender-inclusive approaches to peace negotiations and post-war peacebuilding.
- Collection 4 items
Culture, Power Asymmetries and Gender in Conflict TransformationHandbook Article
Highlights conflict transformation approaches as necessarily having to deal with the closely linked categories of power asymmetries, gender inequality and cultural difference. The author argues that an overarching, global culture of domination exists. The emancipation of marginalised groups stimulates, and results from, the fundamental culture shift which conflict transformation implies. (revised for 2004 print edition).
- Year 2004
- Author(s) Diana Francis
Video: Beyond menChallenging gendered dynamics of conflict transformation
Watch a video of our panel discussion on the role of gender in peace and conflict.
- event 22 Jun 2021