Women's Agency and Collective Action: Peace Politics in the Casamance

Stam, Valerie

doi:10.1080/00083968.2010.9707575

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“…No cases of explicit child soldiering-a common phenomenon in other conflicts in West Africa-have been reported, even though children have reportedly been employed for transportation and other supply jobs (Evans, 2004). Women take on support roles, such as the provision of food, supplies, and spiritual support, and are active in the civilian arm of the MFDC, but have not been observed in combat roles (Stam, 2009;Wood, 2019). This does not mean that joining the insurgency is fully voluntary.…”

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Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal

Schaub

Auer

2022

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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We investigate whether the threat of recruitment by rebel groups spurs domestic and international migration. The existing literature on wartime displacement has largely focused on potential victims of violence. We argue that alongside potential victims, we should expect to see the out-migration of individuals who are attractive to the rebels as potential recruits. To test this hypothesis, we draw on original survey data collected in the context of the MFDC insurgency in southern Senegal. Causal identification stems from instrumenting recruitment threat with the density of the local forest canopy cover. Analyzing data from 3,200 respondents and over 24,000 family members, we show that individuals who fit the recruitment profiles of rebel groups are more likely to leave and be sent away by their families. Our paper contributes micro-evidence for a mechanism linking violent conflict to migration, which so far has received scant attention, and provides a deeper understanding of the composition of refugee flows.

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Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal

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Auer

2022

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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“…Secondly, women's agency is at the core of women-to-women diplomacy agenda and incorporates a wide scope of means of participation. From women's leadership at the grassroots level (Kumar Das 2008) and everyday practices to performance of 'female' roles such as motherhood as a platform for collective action (Stam 2009, Helms 2013, Tripp 2016. For instance, Yuval-Davis (1997) analyses the experience of the Argentinian Mothers of the Disappearing Children to illustrate how motherhood became a common field of activism not as a 'women-only issue' but the promotion of the antimilitarism campaign.…”

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Women-to-Women Diplomacy in Georgia: A Peacebuilding Strategy in Frozen Conflict

Cárdenas

2019

Civil Wars

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This research explores strategies led by women´s grassroots organisations and discusses how they can offer opportunities for peacebuilding in frozen conflict settings such as Georgia and the breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. These conflicts are related to separatist aspirations which are based, on the surface, on ethnic differences. However, the precedent of inter-ethnic dialogue shows that there is not an inherent 'us-against-them' narrative separating Georgia from Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Therefore, it is possible to create alternative arenas for dialogue and mutual understanding among the parties. To this end, this study adopts a broad approach to peacebuilding as a process of social transformation of hostile attitudes and exclusive narratives. I argue that women-to-women diplomacy is a peacebuilding strategy with the potential to address the roots of polarisation by humanising the other and identifying common ground for cooperation and inter-ethnic dialogue. The empirical research based on the experiences of women's organisations in Georgia illustrates the contribution of women-to-women diplomacy to peacebuilding as an alternative platform for coalition building based on the common goal of achieving equal rights.

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In between theulemasand local warlords in Afghanistan: critical perspectives on the “everyday,” norm translation, and UNSCR 1325

Singh

2020

International Feminist Journal of Politics

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Women's Agency and Collective Action: Peace Politics in the Casamance

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal

Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal

Women-to-Women Diplomacy in Georgia: A Peacebuilding Strategy in Frozen Conflict

In between theulemasand local warlords in Afghanistan: critical perspectives on the “everyday,” norm translation, and UNSCR 1325

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