Gender Dynamics and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

The Editors: Christine Eifler is Professor at the Centre of Gender Studies at the University Bremen (Germany). Ruth Seifert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg (Germany).

lt;i>Contents: Gitti Hentschel: Preface - Christine Eifler/Ruth Seifert: Gender Dynamics and Violent Conflict - Ruth Seifert: Armed Conflicts, Post-War Reconstruction and Gendered Subjectivities - Lynne Alice: The UN's Global Gender Agenda and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in Kosovo - Susanne Schmeidl: The «Undoing of Gender Inequalities» in Traditional Societies: The Example of Post-Conflict Afghanistan - Anne Jenichen: Multi-Level Advocacy Networks in Post-War Settings: The Case of the Gender Quota in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Remzije Istrefi/Ariana Qosaj-Mustafa: Trafficking of Women in Post-Conflict Regions: The Case of Kosovo - Meghan Simpson: Intersectionalities of Gender and Class in the Wake of Kyrgyzstan's March 2005 Events - Vjollca Krasniqi: The Gender Politics of Post-War Reconstruction in Kosova - Michaela Schäuble: Contested Masculinities: Discourses on the Role of Croatian Combatants during the 'Homeland War' (1991-1995) - Andrea Hapke: The Responsibility of 'Mothers'. Gendered Discussions of Women's Peace Organisations in the North-Caucasus/Russia - Stef Jansen/Elissa Helms: The 'White Plague': National-Demographic Rhetoric and its Gendered Resonance After the Post-Yugoslav Wars - Veronika Shcheblanova/Elena Yarskaya-Smirnova: Explanations of Female Terrorism. Discourses about Chechen Terrorists in the Russian Mass Media: «Easy Girls», «Coarse Women» or Fighters? - Natalie Mutlak: Approaching the Interdependence of Gender, Water Supply and Conflict: The Example of Access to Water Resources in the Ramallah Governorate.

«Festzuhalten bleibt, dass der vorliegende Band eindrücklich zeigt, wie diskursive Konstruktionen von Geschlecht und einschlägige internationale Hilfsprogramme sich im Friedensprozess vieler kriegsbetroffener Gesellschaften nachteilig für die betroffenen Frauen und Männer auswirken können. Simplifizierende Hilfskonzepte sind oder werden häufig zu einem Teil des Problems, das solche Programme vorgeben zu bearbeiten.» (Natalija Basic, Südosteuropa)