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Systematic Study of Gender, Conflict, and Peace

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  • Gizelis Theodora-Ismene

    (University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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This article reviews the literature on gender, conflict, and peace. In traditional security studies there was not much room for gender or gender equality, while feminist theorists have claimed most of the research on war and peace. The empirical research on gender, conflict, and peace is a relatively new sub-field that brings together diverse traditions from sociology, feminist theory, international relations, and economic development. The common ground of all researchers included in this short review is the effort to systematically understand the role of gender in shaping outcomes of conflict and peace. Despite the increasing number of articles and new datasets, I identify four areas that scholars must address for the research agenda to further grow, deepen, and develop as part of the mainstream study of peace and conflict: women’s status and quality of peace, women’s participation, sexual violence, and gender mainstreaming to promote gender equality in development and peace.

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  • Gizelis Theodora-Ismene, 2018. "Systematic Study of Gender, Conflict, and Peace," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 24(4), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:24:y:2018:i:4:p:10:n:8
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2018-0038
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