Women, Peace and Security: What can participation mean for Syrian women? 3/2021

Calls to include women in peace and security negotiations and post-conflict peacebuilding are ongoing even as research continues to demonstrate the ways in which women are excluded from meaningful participation in these processes. Two-thirds of the global refugee population are women and children. Many view women’s participation in post-conflict rebuilding as both desirable and necessary (True et al.,2021). However, despite this, displaced women are largely ignored. This paper – the third in a series of three – is part of a research project on Syrian refugee women in transition. It draws on fieldwork conducted in Jordan, Lebanon and Australia in 2018 and 2019 and incorporates research on the Syrian diaspora in Australia.