Title: Intergenerational gaps in women’s grassroots peacebuilding in Ghana: a critique of “inclusive peacebuilding”

IF 0.7 Q4 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
S. Paalo
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the idea of inclusion in women’s bottom-up peacebuilding in Ghana. Inspired by the growing importance of “inclusion” and “local empowerment” in the discourse and practice of local ownership in peacebuilding, this paper seeks to investigate the scope and degree of inclusion of key actors such as women and youth, and how that affects peacebuilding and sustainable peace in some conflict-affected zones. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a cross-sectional case study design and qualitative strategy. It is based on semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions conducted with actors who have been engaged in grassroots peacebuilding in Ghana and West Africa. The analysis was largely inductive, identifying emerging themes and patterns in the research data. Findings The findings indicate that young women are usually absent or not engaged meaningfully in the mobilization of women and youth in the “inclusive” grassroots peacebuilding in Ghana. This is due to the prevalence of deep-seated cultural and political prejudices or stereotypes about women in the areas studied. As these local constructs and thus practices are difficult to change or challenge, peacebuilding non-governmental organizations (NGOs) usually deploy innovative ways by mobilizing socially constructed women’s positionalities – as “whistleblowers,” “cross-ethnic/cross-cultural actors” and “socially networked actors” – in ways that promote women in contemporary peacebuilding discourses and practices. Through mobilizing these stereotypes (to forestall possible provocation, especially from dominant actors or gatekeepers), peacebuilding NGOs have subtly positioned women centrally within a vibrant peace infrastructure in Ghana. Yet, due to the dominance of some patriarchal sociopolitical structures, only older women and young men occupy the spaces for women and youth’s peacebuilding. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is one of the first research papers to question not only the scope but also the degree of inclusion and participation of women in peacebuilding in sub-Sahara Africa. This has nuanced scholarly debates on the subject and encouraged the development of innovative programmes targeted at a more comprehensive gendered and youth-ed inclusion to address the inequality gap in peacebuilding discourses and practices.
题目:加纳妇女基层和平建设中的代际差距:对“包容性和平建设”的批判
目的本文的目的是研究加纳妇女自下而上的和平建设纳入的想法。受“包容”和“地方赋权”在建设和平的地方所有权的话语和实践中日益重要的启发,本文试图调查妇女和青年等关键行为者的包容范围和程度,以及这如何影响一些受冲突影响地区的建设和平和可持续和平。设计/方法/方法本研究采用横断面案例研究设计和定性策略。该报告基于与加纳和西非参与基层建设和平的行动者进行的半结构化访谈和焦点小组讨论。分析主要是归纳性的,确定了研究数据中的新兴主题和模式。调查结果调查结果表明,在加纳“包容性”的基层和平建设中,年轻女性通常缺席或没有积极参与动员妇女和青年的工作。这是由于在所研究的地区普遍存在根深蒂固的文化和政治偏见或对妇女的陈规定型观念。由于这些地方建构和实践难以改变或挑战,建设和平的非政府组织(ngo)通常采用创新的方式,动员社会建构的妇女地位——作为“告密者”、“跨种族/跨文化行动者”和“社会网络行动者”——以促进妇女参与当代建设和平的话语和实践。通过调动这些刻板印象(防止可能的挑衅,特别是来自主导行为者或看门人的挑衅),建设和平的非政府组织巧妙地将妇女置于加纳充满活力的和平基础设施的中心位置。然而,由于某些父权社会政治结构的主导地位,只有老年妇女和青年男子占据了妇女和青年建设和平的空间。原创性/价值据作者所知,这是第一批质疑撒哈拉以南非洲地区妇女参与和平建设的范围和程度的研究论文之一。这引发了关于这一主题的细致入微的学术辩论,并鼓励制定旨在更全面地纳入性别和青年的创新方案,以解决建设和平话语和实践中的不平等差距。
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