CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................... 1
LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................ 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 4
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INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 13
Background ....................................................................................................................................15
2.0 FORCED DISPLACEMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS: THE CRISIS OF
REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN AFRICA ................... 21
3.0 GOVERNANCE, GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING: GORDIAN KNOTS? ........ 26
Governance ................................................................................................................................26
Gender ........................................................................................................................................29
Peacebuilding ............................................................................................................................35
4.0 AFRICA’S NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK ON GOVERNANCE, GENDER, AND
PEACEBUILDING .................................................................................................... 38
5.0 AFRICA’S WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY
FRAMEWORKS AT THE CONTINENTAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL ....................... 44
African Union Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) ..............................................................44
The RECs/RMs ...............................................................................................................................49
Southern Africa Development Community ...............................................................................51
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) ......................................................52
Economic Community of West African States .........................................................................53
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ...................................................................54
East African Community............................................................................................................56
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development ..................................................................57
Regional organisations: The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region ...............58
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