Gender, Economy, Peace and Security (GEcPS)

Women’s participation in the economy and “development” is a major economic, social, cultural and ideological issue. This issue is at the center of the public policy agenda and in the initiatives implemented by a diversity of civil society actors, especially women and women’s organizations. However, the observation of global equilibria reveals a persistence of gender inequalities in the economic and labour fields. These inequalities are aggravated by the impact of crises and armed conflicts, factors of deterioration of the economy, impeding development and quality of life. Moreover, women are excluded or marginalized in peace and DDR processes and operations whose objective is to promote a return to an environment conducive to production and thus to improving the quality of life and development.