Gender, Conflict, And Development

This publication focuses on the gender dimensions of intrastate conflicts (civil wars), organised around eight key themes of gender and warfare, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, post-conflict legal frameworks, work issues, rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development. For each theme, the authors examine the impact on gender roles of conflict situations, the development challenges involved, and the policy options available to help build more inclusive and gender balanced post-conflict societies.

Georg Frerks is head of the Clingendael Conflict Research Unit. He also holds a Special Chair on Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management at Utrecht University and is a professor of disaster studies at Wageningen University's Rural Development Sociology Group.