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Windows of opportunity : how women seize peace negotiations for political change / Miriam J. Anderson.
Series: Oxford studies in gender and international relations: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190239558 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Women and peace | Women's rights
| Women and peace -- Burundi | Women's rights -- Burundi | Women and peace -- Northern Ireland | Women's rights -- Northern Ireland | Women and peace -- Macedonia (Republic) | Women's rights -- Macedonia (Republic)Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190239534DDC classification: 327.172082 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Windows of Opportunity' illustrates how women's advocacy groups seize peace negotiations to reconfigure their role in the state. Women's groups overcome many challenges to gain access to peace talks and ensure women's rights are included in peace agreements. They do this by forming advocacy groups based on a gender-based identity to transcend the divisions of the conflict, framing the peace negotiations as forums where their interests are at stake, and, when necessary, working with transnational feminist allies.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Windows of Opportunity' illustrates how women's advocacy groups seize peace negotiations to reconfigure their role in the state. Women's groups overcome many challenges to gain access to peace talks and ensure women's rights are included in peace agreements. They do this by forming advocacy groups based on a gender-based identity to transcend the divisions of the conflict, framing the peace negotiations as forums where their interests are at stake, and, when necessary, working with transnational feminist allies.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 14, 2015).