
Gender and community security
The gendered nature of insecurity, and therefore of efforts to promote security and build peace, is now widely recognised.
20 June 2016
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The gendered nature of insecurity, and therefore of efforts to promote security and build peace, is now widely recognised.
20 June 2016To make sustained progress on gender equality and the situation of women and girls, we need to reprioritise conflict prevention and address gender norms that drive conflict and insecurity, say Julie Brethfeld and Hannah Wright.
6 March 2015Gender norms and relations play a substantive role in conflict and peace dynamics, so a strong gender perspective must be an integral part of community security projects. Julie Brethfeld, Saferworld’s Conflict and Security Adviser, explains how Saferworld’s community security approach creates spaces where diverse gender groups feel able to express their security concerns, and can eventually take measures to address and prevent gender-based violence and change gender norms.
27 January 2015Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) remains one of the biggest safety and security challenges in Nepal.
30 September 2014The Government of Nepal launched its National Action Plan for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 (NAP) in February 2011.
30 April 2012The Government of Nepal launched its National Action Plan on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 (NAP) in February 2011.
30 March 2012Young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are willing to question prejudices prevalent in wider society and are eager to break with the past.
29 March 2012This report was produced under the Initiative for Peacebuilding, an EC funded project to develop and promote knowledge and expertise on conflict prevention and peace-building and recommend practical ways to implement people-centred approaches to security building activities.
30 November 2010