Table of Contents

1. Shanti’s Story and Critical Feminist Peacebuilding 2. Liberal Peacebuilding, DDR, and Reintegration: Critical Feminist Peacebuilding Perspectives 3. Liberia and Nepal: The Contexts, Conflicts, and the Participation of Female Ex-Combatants 4. Empowerment: A Framework for Analysis 5. Empowerment of Female Combatants in Liberia and Nepal During Conflict 6. Reintegration and Empowerment of Female Ex-Combatants in Liberia and Nepal 7. Gendered Narratives in UN-led DDR 8. Towards an Emancipatory Peace

About the Author

Michanne Steenbergen is an Associate Consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants, UK. Prior to this, she was a Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, UK. She also volunteers as an International Liaison Coordinator at Interventions for Advocacy and Effective Community Engagements (IFACE), an NGO in Liberia.