| Resumen: |
Women, men, girls and boys experience conflict in different ways and have different relationships and roles regarding the usage and management of natural resources. One of the unexplored ways of strengthening women s contributions to peacebuilding relates to how they use, manage, make decisions on and benefit from, natural resources. Indeed, women s multi-faceted relationships with natural resources, coupled with shifting gender norms in conflict-affected settings, provide significant opportunities to enhance their participation in decision-making, enabling them to engage more productively in economic revitalization.
As primary managers and users of natural resources in many conflict-affected contexts, women have a key role to play in peacebuilding but are often excluded from decision-making over natural resource management. This report analyses how women s empowerment and the sustainable use of natural resources can be pursued together to help build lasting peace.
This horizon-scanning report examines the major issues around women, natural resource management and peacebuilding, draws conclusions and makes recommendations for policymakers and practitioners to improve the gender-responsiveness of natural resource management initiatives in post-conflict contexts. |
