George Graham

George Graham

George Graham is Director of Conflict and Humanitarian Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children. He leads the organisation’s policy work and campaigns on conflict and emergency situations around the world, as well as longer-term work on measures to protect children in war and to uphold the rights of children on the move.

Steps towards gender sensitive conflict analysis

Commitments to undertake gender-sensitive conflict analysis have been included in a number of national action plans on Women, Peace and Security in recent years. Since the start of 2019, we’ve been running interviews and workshops with peacebuilding and policy professionals from around the world to better understand how this analysis is being undertaken.

Inclusion in practice: Examining gender-sensitive conflict analysis

This practice paper examines the experiences of peacebuilding practitioners and policy actors in undertaking gender-sensitive conflict analysis and integrating that analysis into programming and policymaking in conflict-affected contexts. It aims to identify and promote good practice by exploring the challenges faced by different actors in doing this work and identifying lessons learned from their experiences.

What is ‘good practice’ in gender-sensitive conflict analysis?

There is an increasing recognition that the causes of conflict are gendered, meaning that conflicts involve and affect people differently depending on their gender. It therefore follows that it is important to apply a gender perspective in any analysis in order to tackle conflict at its roots. There can be no one-size-fits-all approach to doing this, but here are some ‘good practice’ principles that can be applied when conducting a gender-sensitive conflict analysis:

Barbara Tanne

Barbara Tanne

Barbara Tanne is currently, a consultant with Conciliation Resources and has 18 years hands-on of experience working with the women, girls and the communities in Peace Building, Leadership and Mentoring.

Linda Manano

Linda Manano

Linda works at the West Nile Mediation Center in Arua. She is currently a lead mediator and the head of the ADR department. She has mediated over 59 matters since 2017 ranging from land, family and property, child maintenance, accident and employment claims

Florence Swamy

Florence Swamy

Florence Swamy, Executive Director of the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, oversees program activities on Restorative Justice, Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership and Community Peacebuilding.
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