Destructive Conflicts Generating Reconstructive Empowerment of Women and Opportunities for Peace?
(2021) FKVK02 20211Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding
a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between
conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socioeconomic situation in Rwanda and Burundi.
Critical peacebuilding and feminist theories are combined with human security and
human capital theory into a unique framework. Based on a qualitative method with
help of quantitative data, socioeconomics is dissected and measured into six
categories: education, literacy, fertility, land... (More) - Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding
a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between
conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socioeconomic situation in Rwanda and Burundi.
Critical peacebuilding and feminist theories are combined with human security and
human capital theory into a unique framework. Based on a qualitative method with
help of quantitative data, socioeconomics is dissected and measured into six
categories: education, literacy, fertility, land ownership, labour work and
agricultural sector. Applied on collected data, findings show that a causal
relationship can be established. In addition, empirical findings imply that Rwandan
women are more socioeconomically empowered then Burundian ones. However,
gender equalising empowerment still has to confront prevailing gender norms and
hierarchies in both cases.
In sum, women’s socioeconomic empowerment is found as gender roles are
challenged, previous closed spaces are opening up and women’s societal value are
transformed in post-genocide Rwanda and post-civil war Burundi. Destructive
conflicts can generate reconstructive empowerment of women and opportunities for
peace. (Less)
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- author
- Savic, Julia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FKVK02 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- WPS, Post-Conflict, Peacebuilding, sub-Saharan Africa, Economic Empowerment, Socioeconomic Development, Rwanda, Burundi
- language
- English
- id
- 9046837
- date added to LUP
- 2021-07-06 10:54:18
- date last changed
- 2021-07-06 10:54:18
@misc{9046837, abstract = {{Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socioeconomic situation in Rwanda and Burundi. Critical peacebuilding and feminist theories are combined with human security and human capital theory into a unique framework. Based on a qualitative method with help of quantitative data, socioeconomics is dissected and measured into six categories: education, literacy, fertility, land ownership, labour work and agricultural sector. Applied on collected data, findings show that a causal relationship can be established. In addition, empirical findings imply that Rwandan women are more socioeconomically empowered then Burundian ones. However, gender equalising empowerment still has to confront prevailing gender norms and hierarchies in both cases. In sum, women’s socioeconomic empowerment is found as gender roles are challenged, previous closed spaces are opening up and women’s societal value are transformed in post-genocide Rwanda and post-civil war Burundi. Destructive conflicts can generate reconstructive empowerment of women and opportunities for peace.}}, author = {{Savic, Julia}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Destructive Conflicts Generating Reconstructive Empowerment of Women and Opportunities for Peace?}}, year = {{2021}}, }