Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

Mageza-Barthel provides a context sensitive analysis of how Rwanda’s women’s movement used the United Nations (UN) gender norms in its efforts to insert gender-specific demands in the post-genocide period. The overall goal of these women – and their supporters – has been to further gender equality and equity in Rwanda. This study details which political processes could be engendered. It further illustrates why certain gender norms were adopted and adapted, whereas others were not.

The study addresses issues of global governance in gender politics through such international frameworks as CEDAW, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as Resolution 1325. These instruments have been brought forth by a transnational women