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Bettinelli, Sara (2019)

Women in peacebuilding - “Forming ties across family lines” the case of Rwanda

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

Women have proved to be crucial actors in successful peace processes, overcoming obstacles such as the lack of gender inclusivity in traditional peacebuilding. This thesis intends to analyse how and under which circumstances does women's involvement in peacebuilding reach positive results in terms of gender gap and more effective post-conflict reconstruction. More specifically this work explores the differences between two cases, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, arguing that the key behind the success of the Rwandan example may be found by combining feminist theories and indigenous peacebuilding theories.

Feminist theories

Indigenous Theories

Peacebuilding

Gender Mainstreaming

Author

Bettinelli, Sara

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Global Conflict in the Modern Era

Supervisors

O'Malley, A.M. (Alanna)

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en