Women's Agency in Conflict Settings: Evidence from Peace Agreements

Carolyn Chisadza, Matthew Clance (), Romuald Meango () and Charl van Schoor ()
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Matthew Clance: Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa
Romuald Meango: Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom
Charl van Schoor: Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa

No 202510, Working Papers from University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

Abstract: Women's agency continues to be disproportionately threatened in conflict settings, derailing significant progress made by nations to address gender equality. Moreover, the limitations of women's participation in peace processes and decision-making compounds their insecure positions during and in the post-conflict phase. This study examines the association between peace agreements and women's agency in conflict settings by creating a gender bias score (higher score indicating female bias) from the language used in peace agreements spanning the past three decades. We also explore associations between the gender bias score and women's agency. The preliminary results indicate that the gendered language in the peace agreements has a somewhat positive association with women's agency, suggesting that the frameworks may be more gender-sensitive than gender-transformative. We also find that this association is stronger in countries with longer duration of peace processes. We believe that the findings from this study can contribute further to the dialogue surrounding women's agency in conflict settings.

Keywords: conflict; peace agreements; agency; gender; women's welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F51 F53 K38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2025-03
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