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| | Women and Nation-Building |
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| (Embedded image | The challenges of nation-building and of |
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| pic27633.jpg) | aftermaths of conflicts have consumed |
| | tremendous international energy during |
| | the past decades. Women and |
| | Nation-Building tackles the exceedingly |
| | complex task of assessing the |
| | multilayered development of women?s |
| | diverse roles in the post-conflict |
| | context. The author examines the role of |
| | women in the recent reconstruction |
| | activities in Afghanistan, while |
| | evaluating the effect of societal |
| | circumstances and nation-building |
| | processes on the status of female |
| | populations in post-conflict regions. |
| | Does women?s participation in |
| | nation-building make a difference to the |
| | post-conflict trajectories of very |
| | volatile societies? |
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| | Women and Nation-Building presents |
| | compelling findings for policymakers, |
| | practitioners, and scholars concerned |
| | with both the academic and pragmatic |
| | implementation of a more engendered |
| | approach to nation-building. The book |
| | concludes that the steps necessary to |
| | strengthen nation-building activities |
| | include an emphasis on human security, |
| | establishing governance based on the |
| | principles of equity and the rule of |
| | law, and women?s early economic |
| | inclusion in reconstruction activities. |
| | Societies on a path toward equity and |
| | the rule of law are more peaceful and |
| | more prosperous, and the status of women |
| | is not merely a litmus test but an |
| | active agent in bringing about such an |
| | outcome. |
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Monday, March 3, 2008
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MODERATED BY
Markus Kostner
Adviser, OPCFC, World Bank
Mr. Kostner joined the World Bank in 1999 as an Economist in the
Post-Conflict Unit. Since then he has held various positions in the
Bank, including Lead Social Development Specialist responsible for
coordinating the Bank?s work in conflict-affected countries in
Africa and Country Program Coordinator for West Bank and Gaza. He is
currently Acting Manager of the Fragile and Conflict-Affected
Countries Group.
PRESENTATION BY AUTHOR
Cheryl Benard
Ms. Benard is a senior political scientist with the RAND
Corporation. Islam and the Middle East have been strong themes in
Dr. Benard?s work. She has been the recipient of several awards,
including the Theodor Kery Prize for Socially Relevant Research and
the Donauland Prize for Nonfiction Writing, and her book
publications have been translated into many languages including
Turkish, French, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Hungarian,
Russian,Hebrew and Chinese.
PANEL DISCUSSANTS
Ian Bannon
Sector Manager, Fragile States, Conflict and Social Development,
Africa Region, World Bank
Mr. Bannon manages the fragile states and conflict unit in the
Africa Region. Prior to his current position, he managed the
Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit in the anchor where he
worked extensively on gender issues in conflict-affected settings.
His publications include Gender, Conflict and Development
(co-authored with Bouta and Frerks) and The Other Half of Gender:
Men's Issues in Development, co-edited with Maria Correia.
Pia Peeters
Senior Social Development Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank
Ms. Peeters currently leads the Learning for Equality, Access and
Peace (LEAP) Program. The overall aim of the LEAP Program is to
strengthen the impact of the Multi-Country Demobilization and
Reintegration Program (MDRP) in the greater great lakes region from
a gender perspective. Prior to working on gender and DDR, Ms.
Peeters worked on youth, conflict and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan
Africa. She recently completed analytical work on youth and labor
in Sierra Leone. Before joining the Sub-Saharan Africa region, Ms.
Peeters worked extensively on gender issues for the Latin American
and Caribbean Region, where her work centered on addressing gender
issues in Bank operations across a range of sectors.
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