Conventional understandings of war and its aftermath overlook the impact on gender relations. Gender inequality pre-dates and is often exacerbated by conflict. But this does not mean that women are...
Do women experience war and its aftermath differently to men? Is it possible that conflict in Mozambique had a positive impact on gender relations? This study provides a gender perspective on...
How can constraints to integrating gender in relief be overcome? The "tyranny of the urgent" in emergencies tends to override longer-term developmental concerns, including gender issues. This issue...
Conflicts pose a major challenge for relief and development agencies working in affected areas. In this issue of Development and Gender in Brief, the debate on conflict and development is viewed...
This report examines how gender relations are affected in the four phases of an armed conflict and which strategies can be pursued to enhance women's bargaining power in decision-making processes in...
How can emergency relief and humanitarian assistance be more gender-sensitive? This report argues that emergency and humanitarian assistance tends to be gender-blind, responding to women's needs...
This bibliography surveys research on issues of gender and humanitarian assistance, aiming to give an overview of what has already been discovered about assessing needs and providing assistance to...