Lead Researcher(s): Dr Bishnu Raj Upreti
Involved Researcher(s): Ms Gitta Shrestha
Brief Description: This research, being jointly conducted with Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), intends to address the role of women in local governance and politics, particularly within the context of peace and security processes. The goal is to investigate what women’s empowerment might mean in a post-conflict setting with heavy multilateral and international involvement in Nepal. The proposed research plans to approach this question by studying- how gendered political power is transformed in conflict, assuming that differences in the forms and expressions of gendered power relations during and after conflict, impact on how ‘empowerment’ might be achieved. By contextualizing and tracing manifestations of gendered political power in conflict as well as post-conflict settings, the proposed research is an effort to contribute new knowledge on processes of ‘disempowerment’ and ‘empowerment’ in conflict and peace building.
