Gender and Peace Processes – An Impossible Match

In September 2001, the Collegium for Development Studies, in collaboration with Sida, hosted a conference where women from Colombia met to discuss their role in the peace process in Colombia. The Colombian participants were women from different social sectors in society, as well as observes from the conflict parties. The conference resulted in a common declaration with recommendations to the parties involved in the peace process on the role of women and how to focus their needs in order to reach peace and social justice.