Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022)
Mini Dissertation (MA (Diplomatic Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2023
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613560052383744 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Wielenga, Cori |
| author_browse | Wielenga, Cori |
| author_facet | Wielenga, Cori |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
| description | Mini Dissertation (MA (Diplomatic Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89182 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:38:04.955Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| publishDateRange | 2023 |
| publishDateSort | 2023 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89182 Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) Wielenga, Cori kaaykaay.msmxne@gmail.com Ndhlovu, Nontando Komane, Kgomotso UCTD Decolonial feminism Peace Mediation Security SADC Mini Dissertation (MA (Diplomatic Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2022. Mediation processes have witnessed low levels of participation of women. Existing literature ascribes this to prevailing patriarchal environments, cultural norms and gender stereotypes, women’s victimhood in conflict and various other factors. Several structures and policies have been established to redress the low participation of women in mediation. However, what remains evident is that despite the creation of and existence of extensive policy frameworks aimed at increasing the participation of women in mediation, women’s marginalisation persists. This research study uses a decolonial feminist analysis to reveal that there are potential commitments that are overlooked by these structures and policy frameworks which are evident in the conflation of gender and women in literature and policy documents concerning women, peace, and security. Gender identities intersect with other identities such as race, class, religion, sexual orientation, age, geographical location et cetera, but this is rarely acknowledged in mediation structures such as the African Peace and Security Architecture and in policies such as the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022), which is the particular interest of this study. This policy framework, it is argued, adopted a cookie-cutter approach, which hinders the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 because it does not acknowledge gender minorities, intersecting identities, and structural inequalities. The failure to acknowledge this perpetuates and persists, as do the barriers to women’s meaningful participation in mediation as well as ensuring an inclusive, holistic approach that takes into account gender minorities and intersecting identities and what contributions they can make to mediation and ultimately to fostering lasting peace. Political Sciences MA (Diplomatic Studies) Unrestricted 2023-02-07T07:09:25Z 2023-02-07T07:09:25Z 2023 2022 Mini Dissertation Komane, K 2023, Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa: A decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022), Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89182 10.25403/UPresearchdata.21929652 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Decolonial feminism Peace Mediation Security SADC Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) |
| title | Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) |
| title_full | Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) |
| title_short | Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) |
| title_sort | rethinking the role of mediation in africa a decolonial feminist analysis of the southern african development community regional strategy on women peace and security 2018 2022 |
| topic | UCTD Decolonial feminism Peace Mediation Security SADC |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89182 |