Global North models dominate post-war reconstruction
Weapons burnt during the official launch of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) process in Muramvya, Burundi, in 2004. Photo: Martine Perret.
A decolonial perspective on the women, peace and security agenda is important so that we don’t reproduce the international system that brought about some of the problems in the first place
, says researcher Soumita Basu of South Asian University, New Delhi.
Together with researcher Heidi Hudson, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, she is interviewed about the importance of a global South approach to the women, peace and security agenda.
They both participated in a two-day programme organised by the Nordic Africa Institute on Resolution 1325, the first-ever UN framework to recognise women’s role in relation to conflicts.