Abstract This article examines environmental conflicts and women’s vulnerability in Africa. Environmental resources are critical to poor women’s productive and reproductive lives in Africa. Environmental resources diversify livelihoods and are
As gender-based violence continues to be endemic in different forms, the need for various tools to combat it is enormous. In a move to contribute towards adopting a holistic approach
This article is based on a report of the Gender and Transitional Justice in Africa conference, held on 4–5 September 2008 at the Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. The
Abstract Sierra Leone’s transition has witnessed a number of landmark procedural and legal innovations which have had widespread implications for international gender justice. The 11-year conflict had shattered the country,
Introduction This article reflects on the influence and legacy for gender justice of the ways in which gender-based human rights violations are raised in truth commissions in Africa, with specific
Background to the conflict in Northern Uganda Uganda’s long history of militarism and extra-judicial killings has been marred by widespread impunity for the gross human rights violations committed in the
Editorial By Vasu Gounden Peace Operations in Africa Seven Challenges, Any Solutions? By Paul D. Williams Assessing the United Nations Approach to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Africa The Mission in Liberia
Editorial By Vasu Gounden Peace Operations in Africa Seven Challenges, Any Solutions? By Paul D. Williams Assessing the United Nations Approach to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Africa The Mission in Liberia