Gender equality is both one of the eight domains of the United Nations Program of Action on a Culture of Peace, and also an important component of each of the others. It is both an important goal on its own, in terms of justice for women, and an important contribution to the promotion of peace. This chapter looks at gender equality in both of those contexts, as an important human rights goal for women, and as a framework for looking at the whole conceptualization of the Culture of Peace.
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Stephenson, C.M. (2009). Gender Equality and a Culture of Peace. In: de Rivera, J. (eds) Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace. Peace Psychology Book Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09575-2_9
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