Introduction This essay argues that gender roles and relations in peacebuilding in Igbo society are complementary against the background of…
Understanding Gender Complementarity in Igbo Society: The Role of Ụmụada and Ụmụnna in Peacebuilding
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Where Are the Women’s Voices? Local Water Governance and Inclusive Peacebuilding in Uganda
In spite of the legal framework supporting inclusive local water governance, women’s formal participation still remains minimal and at best…
Survivors of Sexual Violence: Navigating Post-Conflict Environments in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
This article is based on some of the findings from my APN-supported research in post-conflict oil producing communities of Nigeria’s…
Understanding Selfhood among Young People Who Were Born Out of Genocide Rape in Rwanda
One Saturday afternoon in 2013, I was at home in Kigali, Rwanda watching television when I randomly came across a…
Women and Nigeria’s 2019 Elections
Gender inequality manifests in Nigeria’s politicosphere as a deeply held belief by many, including some women, that men are superior…
Women, Petro-Insurgency, and Peacebuilding in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
While some recent studies have focused on the gender dimension of the struggle for environmental justice in the Niger Delta,…
Vitória é Certa! The Future Belongs to African Women
African women have much to celebrate. We have historic and recent examples of women’s leadership at the highest levels of…
Pursuing an Integrative Approach to Ending Gender-Based Violence: A Conversation with Ruth Lekakeny
This is a cross-post from Research Matters, a digital forum that focuses on emerging research in the social sciences by those…
Gender Mainstreaming in Local Strategies for Conflict Transformation
Conflict transformation implies multiple changes at different levels of society in order to deepen and sustain peace, and can be…
The Response to Epidemics in Africa Should be Gender Sensitive
Governance and Health in Africa During the launch of the Report of the High Level Roundtable on the Governance Issues in…