This Guidance Paper provides practical programming guidance to mainstream gender into international efforts in support of peacebuilding and statebuilding processes. It finds that current thinking on the necessary features of state society relations includes the following: making political settlements and political processes more inclusive; strengthening core functions of the ...» more
Library
This e-library contains more than 4500 external publications on governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian issues. It includes academic and grey literature selected for its basis in good quality research and coverage of a range of perspectives. Policy-oriented summaries of each document are provided, plus links to the full text.
Women and peace processes, negotiations, and agreements: operational opportunities and challenges
This policy brief addresses the involvement of women in peace processes, negotiations, and agreements and outlines the shape of contemporary peace processes and their resultant agreements, arguing that they exclude women. A peace process raises new opportunities for women to have their concerns and experience of conflict heard and to play a part in their country’s reform. If ...» more
Not Just a Numbers Game: Increasing Women’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping
The inclusion of female uniformed personnel in national contributions to UN peace operations has fallen short of expectations. By March 2013, women comprised less than 4 percent of UN peacekeepers globally, accounting for about 3 percent of UN military personnel and about 9.7 percent of UN police. The UN is unlikely to reach its goals for gender equality in peacekeeping ...» more
Developmental uses of mobile phones in Kenya and Uganda
This paper explores the benefit derived from having access to a mobile phone. It examines the developmental uses of mobile phones in two East African countries: Kenya and Uganda. It focuses on the relationship between the economic and social upgrading or downgrading that result from the developmental uses of mobile phones, and specifically includes the effect of gender on ...» more
Donor Partnerships with Business for Private Sector Development: What can we Learn from Experience?
This review gives structure to the theme of donor partnerships with business aimed at private sector development. It proposes a focus on key issues that have received little attention so far: assessing additionality, measuring partnership results, and achieving better outcomes based on learning from experience. The report examined evidence from a variety of partnerships between ...» more