Women and Peace-Building in Iraq

What is it about?

One very prominent actor and stakeholder that should be actively engaged in state reconstruction and political settlements is women. However, there is a lack of robust analysis or examination of the roles, efforts and initiatives pertaining women’s political participation, economic empowerment and accessibility to quality services in state reconstruction and post-conflict contexts for the greater peace-building. The study explores whether or not Iraqi women have been able to take advantage of opportunities opened up through state reconstructions and peace-building, such as negotiations over new state structures, peace agreements and political settlements.

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Why is it important?

This study aims to illustrate women’s roles and initiatives in peace-building in Iraq in an attempt to enrich knowledge-sharing and provide lessons learnt on how to improve the peace-building process while ensuring a bigger and higher quality role for women.

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