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Reforms, Customs and Resilience

Justice for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Liberia

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Abstract

In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, a resolution which highlighted the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and post-conflict reconstruction. It further stressed the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security. This resolution propelled the formation of other resolutions on women, peace and security that focus particularly on women’s security in conflict and post-conflict situations (S/RES/1820, S/RES/1888, S/RES/1889, S/RES/1960, S/RES/2106, S/RES/2122). Championing these initiatives as well as in their wake, there has been an increasing focus on the women-conflict nexus in research and policy work.1 However, this body of work has come partly at the expense of a focus on the effects of these resolutions ‘on the ground’ in ongoing peace-building processes. The current chapter is an attempt at remedying that.

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  1. Niels Nagelhus Schia
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. RMIT University, Australia

    Anastasia Powell

  2. La Trobe University, Australia

    Nicola Henry

  3. Monash University, Australia

    Asher Flynn

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Schia, N.N., de Carvalho, B. (2015). Reforms, Customs and Resilience. In: Powell, A., Henry, N., Flynn, A. (eds) Rape Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137476159_9

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