Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar - Between Feminism and Ethnopolitics

List of contents

Introduction: Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar: The Map and the Terrain Åshild Kolås 1. UNSCR 1325 in Myanmar: Women’s Rights, Peace and Security in Times of Transition Camilla Buzzi 2. Women in the Myanmar Peace Process: The Thirty Percent Target Bishnu Raj Upreti, Drishti Upreti and Debendra Prasad Adhikari 3. Women-to-Women Diplomacy and the Women’s League of Burma Magda Lorena Cardenas 4. No Peace in a Ceasefire: Women’s Agency in the Kachin Conflict Marte Nilsen 5. Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding: Views from Mon Rural Communities Myint Myint Mon 6. Women Survivor’s Experiences of War and Perspectives on Peace in Myanmar S. Hkawng Naw 7. Women in Myanmar’s Ethnic Armed Organizations: Numbers and Narratives Åshild Kolås and Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei 8. Women’s ‘Marginal Voices’: Diverse Perspectives on Peace and Security in Myanmar Elena Di Padova

About the author

Åshild Kolås is a Social Anthropologist and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

Summary

This book describes women’s efforts as agents for change in Myanmar and examines the potential of the peace process as an opportunity for women’s empowerment.

Product details

• Authors: Ashild Kolas, Ashild (Peace Research Institute Oslo (Prio Kolas
• Assisted by: Ashild (Peace Research Institute Oslo (Prio) Norway) Kolas (Editor), Åshild Kolås (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367250447
• ISBN: 978-0-367-25044-7
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Myanmar, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Feminism & feminist theory, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Feminism and feminist theory, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Myanmar (Burma), Armed Conflict