📍 The Role of Stakeholder to Engaging women in peace building
and Conflict Resolution
🎤Mussa Adem
➡️The world is filled with fascinating women, each with her own compelling story. Clearly, no single tome can hold all the intricate details of their collective lives.
➡️ From queens to commoners, with a tip of the hat to those who have made their mark in the arts and sciences, in their country’s political arena, and on the world stage.
➡️Most of these women managed to flourish in the face of adversity.
Some withstood opposition from outside sources, while family intrigue was a malevolent force in the lives of others.
For centuries, merely being a woman was an obstacle these individuals had to overcome
and Conflict Resolution
🎤Mussa Adem
➡️The world is filled with fascinating women, each with her own compelling story. Clearly, no single tome can hold all the intricate details of their collective lives.
➡️ From queens to commoners, with a tip of the hat to those who have made their mark in the arts and sciences, in their country’s political arena, and on the world stage.
➡️Most of these women managed to flourish in the face of adversity.
Some withstood opposition from outside sources, while family intrigue was a malevolent force in the lives of others.
For centuries, merely being a woman was an obstacle these individuals had to overcome
Background for Women Inclusion
➡️In the United States, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton struggled to win for women in America the right to vote.
➡️ In 1920, their work culminated in the 19th amendment of the United States Constitution, which granted women this right.
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel did much the same thing in England.
➡️In 1928, these suffragists saw the passage of the
Representation of the People Act giving women and men equal
voting rights in England
➡️ African women of antiquity were legendary for their beauty, bravery and power. Especially great were the Queens of Ethiopia; Queen of Sheba (960 B.C.), Candace of Meroe and her defeat of Alexander the Great (332 B.C.)
➡️In the United States, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton struggled to win for women in America the right to vote.
➡️ In 1920, their work culminated in the 19th amendment of the United States Constitution, which granted women this right.
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel did much the same thing in England.
➡️In 1928, these suffragists saw the passage of the
Representation of the People Act giving women and men equal
voting rights in England
➡️ African women of antiquity were legendary for their beauty, bravery and power. Especially great were the Queens of Ethiopia; Queen of Sheba (960 B.C.), Candace of Meroe and her defeat of Alexander the Great (332 B.C.)
Limiting Factors
➡️According to Applied Knowledge Service, Women’s participation in conflict resolution and peacebuilding is limited by a number of factors, including:
➡️The prevalence of rape and sexual assault, as in Rwanda, Bosnia and Kashmir. This form of abuse generates fear and helps to silence campaigns for social, economic and political rights.
➡️Women are most likely to have fled conflict, and take on responsibilities such as primary careers and providers for dependents, which makes participation in peacebuilding more difficult.
➡️Cultural pressures against women putting themselves forward, that pressure women to refrain from travel, and not to engage in important public arenas. Where women do participate, they may not have the required education or training.
➡️According to Applied Knowledge Service, Women’s participation in conflict resolution and peacebuilding is limited by a number of factors, including:
➡️The prevalence of rape and sexual assault, as in Rwanda, Bosnia and Kashmir. This form of abuse generates fear and helps to silence campaigns for social, economic and political rights.
➡️Women are most likely to have fled conflict, and take on responsibilities such as primary careers and providers for dependents, which makes participation in peacebuilding more difficult.
➡️Cultural pressures against women putting themselves forward, that pressure women to refrain from travel, and not to engage in important public arenas. Where women do participate, they may not have the required education or training.