A number of developments have emerged over the past few years indicating that the WPS agenda is under stress, if not in peril.
Author: Youssef Mahmoud
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En juillet 2017, la Conférence des chefs d’État et de gouvernement de l’Union africaine (UA) a établi le Réseau des médiatrices africaines, couramment appelé FemWise-Africa, afin de renforcer le rôle des femmes dans la prévention et la médiation des conflits. La place donnée au réseau FemWise-Africa dans l’Architecture africaine de paix et de sécurité (APSA), […]
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FemWise-Africa has an ambitious agenda which, in order to implement, will require challenging some of the foundational assumptions of mediation.
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A key question at this stage is how the gaps in the peacebuilding paradigm can best be addressed to foster greater ownership and effective implementation of the emerging concept of “sustaining peace.”
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The question of equality of inheritance between men and women has been a thorny and sensitive issue for decades and the reactions to the president’s speech ranged from support to indignation.
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While it is unanimously hailed as a revolutionary piece of legislation, some voices feel that the Tunisian government and parliament missed a unique opportunity to abrogate other antiquated laws and decrees that still treat women as second-class citizens.
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It remains under-appreciated that the decision to escape, rather than participate in conflict or otherwise exploit weaknesses of governance, makes displacement a non-violent self-protection strategy.
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Miroslav Jenča, UN assistant secretary-general for political affairs, discusses the need for a strong on-the-ground presence when engaging in preventive diplomacy.
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Whether it is strategic analysis, conflict prevention, or simply prevention for sustaining peace in the pursuit of a surge in diplomacy for peace, none is achievable without adequate and predictable resources.
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Sweden and other like-minded countries are well equipped to ensure that 2017 becomes a watershed year for putting prevention in the service of sustaining peace.
