Women's Agency and Collective Action

Peace Politics in the Casamance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2140394
AutoresValerie Stam (0000-0002-2623-3553, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen43
Número2
Páginas337-366
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00083968.2010.9707575
OpenAlexW1563226627
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas11

In 2000, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 called for the increased participation of women in formal political processes surrounding violent conflict. However, worldwide, women continue to be a minority in formal politics, particularly in situations of armed violence. Contrary to this trend, women have played an influential role in the Casamance peace process in southern Senegal, where a rebel movement has been fighting for independence since 1982. This article assesses the methodology, constraints and, most importantly, the gendered opportunity structures surrounding the women's peace movement in Casamance. It demonstrates how women participate in the politics of war and peace through an astute manipulation of gendered platforms and a judicious reading of political context, thus propelling their voices into the formal political arena. This case study highlights practical and local approaches to political participation that may be relevant to women around the world

Action (physics) · Agency (philosophy) · Collective action · Conflict resolution · Context (archaeology) · Independence (probability theory) · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law