International Journal for Tourism and Technology (IJTT)
This study examined the role of women’s organisations in promoting peace and security in Nigeria, using a qualitative approach. Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is regarded by many as the most significant globalframework for increasing women’s role in conflict resolutions. The risks to women and children and the importance of involving women in peace issues have been recognised as a global issue. There is a growing understanding of violence against women generally and particularly in armed conflict including the issues of sexual violence. Women are often excluded from peace processes, reflecting the fact that the majority of the actors in conflicts are men and the masculine nature of conflict and peace. Hence, this paper considers and highlights a range of ways in which women’s capacity can be developed so that their full inclusion in peace and security developments can be achieved. The popular “Feminist” theory was used in this study. This paper made use of secondary data. From the research,there exists a gap between the gender’s participation in issues relating to Peace and Security in Nigeria. The paper therefore, recommends that the Nigerian government should create legal frameworks and policies that will promote the inclusion of women in conflict resolutions.
The acknowledgement that conflict disproportionately affects women is aptly documented in the conflict and peace building literature. Though, women are severely affected by war, vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence including rape, sexual slavery, forced conscription, abduction and forced impregnation among others, They are not simply victims but can play more proactive roles as well. Peace and security are someareas in which women have been marginalised, particularly where crucial policy decisions are made and resource allocations taken. The continued marginalisation of women in peace building and conflict resolution processes has greatly affected development and community resilience, especially at the local level, since tradition does not encourage women leadership. Both feminist scholars and gender activists studying and/or working in conflict areas had earlier highlighted the essence to focus on the roles played by men and women during conflict, the gender differential effect of violent conflict, the need to address thechallenges of women and to enhance their partaking in peace and securitystructures and processes (United Nations, 2018). In all areas of government, including ourmilitary and policing strategies, feminists have made efforts to ensure that women are well represented Going further, the Security Council of the United Nations Organisationadopted resolution
(S/RES/1325) onwomen, peace and security on the 31st of October 2000. The resolution reconfirms the vital role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peacekeeping, peace-building, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction and emphasises the relevance of their equal participation and complete involvement in efforts for the maintenance and facilitation of peace and security (Adinma, 2011).
Women, Women Organisations, Peace and Security