Women and Nation-Building

Does womens participation in nationbuilding make a difference to the postconflict trajectories of very volatile societies? Women and NationBuildingpresents comp... » 

Does womens participation in nationbuilding make a difference to the postconflict trajectories of very volatile societies? Women and NationBuildingpresents compelling findings for policymakers practitioners and scholarsconcerned with both the academic and pragmatic implementation of an engenderedapproach to nationbuilding. The book concludes that the steps necessary tostrengthen nationbuilding activities include an emphasis on human securityestablishing governance based on the principles of equity and the rule of lawand womens early economic inclusion in reconstruction activities. Societies ona path toward equity and the rule of law are more peaceful and more prosperousand the status of women is not merely a litmus test but an active agent inbringing about such an outcome. «