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Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding: a communication for development approach to rebuilding peace from the bottom-up

September 12, 2019

Author: Dr Valentina Baú

By unearthing the connections between the literatures on participatory communication and civic engagement with the reality of postconflict peace, this article demonstrates how a communication for development (C4D) approach to engaging citizens in peacebuilding contributes to strengthening the reconstruction process at the end of the violence, while engendering a bottom up process based on dialogue and inclusivity. After offering a brief overview of the peacebuilding contexts, this article presents a theoretical discussion that brings to the surface not only the role of C4D in facilitating citizens participation in government decision making, but also its significance in creating an inclusive peacebuilding process that starts from the community. At the same time, this discussion begins to shed light on the relationship between communication for development and participatory governance.

You can access the article here:  Baú, V. (2016) Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding. A communication for development approach to rebuilding peace from the bottom up, Progress in Development Studies, Vol.16, No.4, pp.348-360

Filed Under: C4D and Peace, Participation, Participation Highlights, Peace & Social Cohesion, Peace Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Research Communication & Uptake, Research Papers Tagged With: Citizen engagement, Communication for Development, Participatory Communication, Participatory Governance, Peacebuilding

What do participatory approaches have to offer the measurement of empowerment of women and girls? (KIT Working Paper, 2019)

March 10, 2019

This paper provides insights and guidance on the value of participatory approaches for understanding and measuring empowerment of women and girls and grounding measurement in the lives and perspectives of women and girls. The paper aims to inspire practitioners, M&E specialists and policy makers working on the measurement of empowerment of women and girls in development programmes.

It provides practical guidance on when, where and how in the measurement process to apply participatory approaches for empowerment of women and girls.

Click here for full paper.

Filed Under: [E] C4D Monitoring & Evaluation, Gender, Participation, Participation Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC)

Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan’s Big Cities: Evidence for Reform (IDS Policy Briefing 166, 2019)

March 9, 2019

Why did 11 million fewer women than men vote in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a much higher gender gap in each province’s largest metropolitan city compared to its remaining constituencies. This gap relates to men’s views about women’s vote and women’s knowledge of politics and the electoral process. Poor knowledge is, in turn, associated with a low interest in politics, which links to the failure of political parties to directly engage women and address their issues. These challenges can be addressed with better targeted voter education campaigns and a concerted effort by political parties to engage women directly and reduce their perception of being ‘politically invisible’.

Click here for full briefing.

Filed Under: Advocacy, Gender, Pakistan, Participation, Participation Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Elections, Engagement, Women

Civil Society & Inclusive Peace (Peace Direct, 2019)

February 20, 2019

Inclusive peace, or the idea that all stakeholders in a society should have a role in defining and shaping peace, is receiving widespread global recognition. Still, despite the progress made through the increased recognition of inclusive peace at the theoretical and policy level, it has proven difficult to achieve in reality. Peace Direct teamed up with the Inclusive Peace & Transition Initiative and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict to explore the dynamics of inclusivity and peacebuilding in further detail in this report.

The report includes in-depth case studies from around the world, that help us to understand the strategies employed by grassroots peacebuilders to counter the challenges to effective inclusion in peacebuilding. From Nigeria to DR Congo, explore the case studies below to see what has worked (or not) in particular situations, and the successes, challenges and stalemates encountered on the pursuit to inclusive peace.

Click here for full report.

 

Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, Colombia, Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Participation, Participation Highlights, Peace & Social Cohesion, Peace Highlights, Philippines, Social Mobilisation, Voice and Accountability Tagged With: Elections, Women

Gendered voices for climate action, a theory of change for the meaningful inclusion of local experiences in decision-making (IIED Working Paper, 2018)

November 12, 2018

Bringing the perspectives of local women and men who have experienced climate impacts into relevant policy arenas is seen as key to just decision-making and meeting the Paris Agreement commitment to a country-driven gender-responsive approach. But there is a lack of robust evidence on how these experiences can increase the ambition, urgency and quality of climate responses at different levels. This paper reviews existing evidence and proposes a theory of change for how the systematic inclusion of women and men with lived experiences of climate change could strengthen climate action.

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Awareness Raising, Climate and Environment, Climate and Environment Highlights, Gender, Ghana, Kenya, Participation, Participation Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Senegal, Tanzania Tagged With: Climate Change

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