WOMENsPEACE: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar
Led by Wenche Iren Hauge
Feb 2016 – Dec 2018
Funded by the Research Council of Norway (NORGLOBAL), the PRIO project Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar (WOMENsPEACE) starts up in February 2016. It will be led by Wenche Iren Hauge and includes Åshild Kolås, and researchers in Nepal and Myanmar.
This project focuses on the gender dimension of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes in Nepal and Myanmar, and on the post-conflict political participation of female and male ex-combatants. In addition, it investigates the consequences of DDR processes for post-conflict gender equality, women and men's social inclusion and women's rights. A considerable amount of theoretical studies have been conducted on the gender dimension of DDR processes, but so far very few case studies exist.
The WOMENsPEACE project is important - not only for providing new case studies - but also for bringing in case studies from two different types of conflict; the primarily ideological conflict in Nepal and the ethnic conflicts in Myanmar. With this new perspective, this project will contribute to moving the frontiers of knowledge on women, peace and security in particular and on post-conflict transformation in general.
The WOMENsPEACE project is a collaborative effort between PRIO and the partner institutions Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research (NCCR) in Nepal and Ar Yone Oo (AYO) in Myanmar. In addition, the project will work with local women's associations in Nepal and Myanmar. In 2016 NCCR will organize a workshop in Kathmandu and in 2017 AYO will organize a workshop in Yangon. The objective of these workshops is to bring together women's organizations, female politicians, activists and civil society, to share experiences on the role of women in conflict, peace processes and post-conflict contexts. An international conference will also be organized in Bangkok in 2018. The conference will bring together all project partners in addition to key people from NGOs, multilateral organizations, relevant Norwegian embassies and researchers working on women's empowerment and gender equality in peace processes.
PRIO Researchers Contribute to New Book on Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar: Between Feminism and Ethnopolitics
The book describes women’s efforts as agents for change in Myanmar and examines the potential of the peace process as an opportunity for women’s empowerment.
New GPS Policy Brief on Women in the Myanmar Peace Process
This new GPS Policy Brief on women’s participation in the Myanmar peace process asks:
- How well are women represented in the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) involved in the peace process?
- What kind of work do the women do?
- Do the women participate in decision-making as members of the EAOs’ central executive committees?
Conference on 'Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar' held in Bangkok on 5 March
The conference was organised by the PRIO project on 'Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar' (WOMENsPEACE). The papers presented at the conference described the diverse roles of women in the ongoing Myanmar peace process, insisting on the vital importance of a gender perspective in the study of conflict, security and peace.
Call for papers: Women, peace and security in Myanmar
Funded by the Research Council of Norway (NORGLOBAL), the PRIO project Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar (WOMENsPEACE) studies the gender dimension of the peace processes in Nepal and Myanmar. As a part of the WOMENsPEACE project, we plan to publish an edited volume on Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar. Please get in touch with ashild@prio.org if you are doing research in this field and would like to contribute.
The planned book aims to describe the important but highly diverse roles of women in the Ethnic Armed Organizations of Myanmar, presenting perspectives on the agency of women in times of war as well as negotiations for peace. Engaging critically with the women, peace and security literature, the volume will question the potential of peace processes to become a window of opportunity for women's empowerment, while insisting on the vital importance of a gender perspective in the study of conflict, security and peace.
Excellent Paper Award for Debendra Adhikari
PRIO Visiting Researcher Debendra Adhikari won the IIER Excellent Paper Award at the 131st IIER International Conference held in Zurich, Switzerland.
New issue of the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update
The second issue in 2017 the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update is now out.
The lead story in this issue includes an interview with researchers Christine Amisi (ICART) and Gudrun Østby (PRIO) about their research on support programmes for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 2-2016)
The lead story in this issue of the GPS Update is an interview with PRIO’s research partners from Nepal and Myanmar about the new project ‘Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar’.
New Project Funded: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar (WOMENsPEACE)
We are happy to announce that the Research Council of Norway (NORGLOBAL) has funded another 3-year PRIO project Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Nepal and Myanmar (WOMENsPEACE). The project starts up in February 2016. It will be led by Wenche Iren Hauge and includes Åshild Kolås, and researchers in Nepal and Myanmar.
Gender dimensions of DDR – beyond victimization and dehumanization: tracking the thematic
Journal Article in International Feminist Journal of Politics
Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar: Between Feminism and Ethnopolitics
Edited Volume
Women in Myanmar's ethnic armed organizations: numbers and narratives
Book Chapter in Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar: Between Feminism and Ethnopolitics
No Peace in a Ceasefire: Women's Agency in the Kachin Conflict
Book Chapter in Women Peace and Security in Myanmar: Between Feminism and Ethnopolitics
Women, peace and security in Myanmar: The map and the terrain
Book Chapter in Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar: Between Feminism and Ethnopolitics
Women in Ethnic Armed Organizations in Myanmar: Numbers and narratives
GPS Policy Brief
The Struggle of Female Ex-Combatants in Nepal
Journal Article in Peace Review: a Journal of Social Justice
Nepalko Rajnitma Mahila: Donda Bebasthapandekhi Sambidhan Karyannonsamma
Edited Volume
Ethnographic Fieldnote Writing: Methodological Challenges in the 21st Century
Journal Article in Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
Frustrated and Confused: Mapping the Socio-political Struggles of Female Ex-combatants in Nepal
Journal Article in Journal of International Women's Studies
Introduction: Women, Peace and Security in Review
Book Chapter in Women, Peace and Security: from Civil War to Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Empowering Survivors of Sexual Violence in DR Congo
Newsletter
What Happened to Nepal's Women Maoists?
Book Chapter in Women and Politics of Peace: South Asia Narratives on Militarisation, Power and Justice
Women, Peace and Security in Nepal: From Civil War to Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Edited Volume
The Saga of Conflict Transformation and Peace Process in Nepal: A Unique Account
Journal Article in Journal of Education and Research
Women in Nepal’s Transition
PRIO Policy Brief
Gender Dimensions of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)
PRIO Paper
