Women's Agency and Collective Action

Peace Politics in the Casamance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2140394
AutoresValerie Stam (0000-0002-2623-3553, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume43
Fascículo2
Páginas337-366
Data de publicação2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00083968.2010.9707575
OpenAlexW1563226627
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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