Can women make the world more peaceful? | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional
August 12, 2014
African Center for Strategic Studies Africa, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Development, Gambia, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey Leave a comment
Do women hold the key to a peaceful society? Much is known about the victimisation of women through rape, trafficking, and early marriages, but much is yet to be discovered about how women can be empowered in conflict settings to bridge the gap towards peace.
I recently conducted research analysing female peacemaking and found that women do hold a significant role in the peace process. However, this role is not always long-term, unless gender equality is institutionalised through quotas. A better understanding of how women can transform conflict situations, and how to create space for them to do so, will be vital for the UN and other concerned actors in the coming years.
Billions promised to Africa – here’s how it would be spent | Africa | Africa | Mail & Guardian
August 8, 2014
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Billions promised to Africa – here’s how it would be spent | Africa | Africa | Mail & Guardian.
“IT is summit season in Africa. The US-Africa Leaders Summit is the second major meeting this year, following the EU-Africa summit in March, and comes hot on the heels of similar summits with France, Japan and Arab nations last year.
Later this year India will hold its second triennial summit with African leaders, as Beijing’s flagship Forum on China-Africa Co-operation waits in the wings for next year.
These summits have recently been similar in that they are carefully wrapped in varying degrees of “co-operation” and “equal partnership” talk, but despite this the headlines are usually around the money and investment promised.
We take a look at the numbers announced so far: (Quoted exchange rates reflect the time the deal was announced.)
1: United States, ($33-billion), August 2014
President Barack Obama has become the first American leader to convene a summit of such magnitude with African heads of state, with the US-Africa summit themed around investment, security and rights issues.
On Tuesday, Obama announced $33-billion in commitments, with American companies planning $14-billion worth of investments in Africa, and his Power Africa drawing an additional $12-billion in commitments to go with the initial $7-billion it had attracted…”
What the Gaza War Means for the Middle East – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
August 8, 2014
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What the Gaza War Means for the Middle East – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
With intensifying international pressure to end hostilities, a brief lull in fighting currently prevails in Gaza. But a formal ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has proven elusive and the death toll continues to mount following sporadic attacks.
Carnegie experts assess how the crisis will impact Palestinians, Israelis, and the rest of the Middle East.
- What are the immediate implications for both Israelis and Palestinians?
- How can Gaza be rebuilt after this latest round of fighting?
- How will the conflict with Israel impact the Palestinian leadership and relations between Hamas and Fatah?
- What are the implications of the turmoil in Gaza for Egypt?
- How will the conflict in Gaza influence regional dynamics?
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