A panel at the ISA convention in Montreal got me interested in gender-based perspectives on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), where we have been slow to recognize the roles women play in conflict as actual combatants. It is not surprising, in that context, that women are frequently excluded from post-conflict policy-making, including peace negotiations and 
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April | 2011
USIP Event: “Female Soldiers and DDR: Sierra Leone, Nepal, and Colombia”
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, April 28th, 2011Watch SSR Resource Centre contributor Aly Verjee discuss international interventions in Libya and Cote D’Ivoire
By: Geoff Burt | Tuesday, April 19th, 2011On Monday, April 18, Aly Verjee gave a lunchtime talk at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, entitled “When Do We Intervene: International Responses to Arab and African Conflicts.” To watch this event, please click here. Verjee is a senior researcher at the Rift Valley Institute, and an experienced analyst of contemporary African politics. He
CIGI holds series of meetings in UK to discuss the future of the SSR model
By: Geoff Burt | Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Mark Sedra, the head of CIGI’s Security Sector Governance Project–which includes the SSR Resource Centre, SSR Monitor, SSR Issue Papers, and the eBook, The Future of SSR–travelled to the UK from April 6-10 to take part in a series of meetings to discuss CIGI’s research and outline a future research agenda. On April 7, CIGI
Is it too early to talk again about security sector reform in Côte d’Ivoire?
By: Aly Verjee | Monday, April 11th, 2011After months of stalemate, Côte d’Ivoire is set for a denouement. There are now only two immediate questions: whether Laurent Gbagbo holds on for a few more days or is forced out in a few hours; and whether the embattled president comes out of his palace alive. By now, the story is well worn. Run-off
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