ape loot pillage: the political economy of sexual violence in armed conflict

Assessing these understandings of peace through a gender lens, we argue that gender logics inform these multiple meanings.ĭans ce chapitre, nous dressons un tableau des visions alternatives de la paix à partir du point de vue de personnes touchées par le conflit violent et engagées dans la consolidation de la paix dans l'État de Delta, au Nigeria. Finally, we identify a commitment to peace as inclusive of women, yet note that the extent and form of inclusion is contested among different actors. We also identify a vision of harmonious living that involves overcoming negative emotions, and draw on feminist literature to connect this vision to the concepts of maternal thinking and building relations of care. From our interviews, we identify and discuss an understanding of positive peace that requires economic development. We discuss these against theorisations of peace in the academic literature and find resonances that allow us to bring community meanings of peace into conversation with the literature. Drawing on interviews conducted with NGOs, a community group, and vigilantes, we identify multiple and sometimes contradictory meanings. In this chapter we draw a picture of alternative visions of peace from the standpoint of individuals affected by violent conflict and engaged in peacebuilding in Delta State, Nigeria.

Ape loot pillage: the political economy of sexual violence in armed conflict