Annika Björkdahl
Professor
A Gender-Just Peace: Exploring the Post-Dayton Peace Process
Author
Summary, in English
This article is rooted in the understanding that global ideas of liberal democratic peace and the gendered dynamics of peacebuilding need to be confronted. The aim is to explore the challenges of localizing liberal democratic peace by exploring efforts such as those undertaken by women’s organizations in Bosnia-Herzegovina to promote a gender-just peace. The Dayton Peace Accord was the new “social contract” that set the standard for postwar societies. The gendered hierarchies built into this peace and the absence of women in the peace process created a “peace gap” that was gendered despite the fact that gender empowerment has become a standard tool in international peacebuilding. The post-Dayton peace process was characterized by a conservative backlash which has become a hallmark of women’s postwar experience.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Pages
286-317
Publication/Series
Peace and Change: Journal of Peace Research
Volume
37
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- gender
- peace
- peacebuilding
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- gender-just peace
- localization
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1468-0130