Pathways to women’s empowerment: Navigating the hybrid social order in eastern DRC

This paper uses the donor-funded, community-driven reconstruction programme ‘Tuungane’ to analyse changes in gender norms

From:
Department for International Development
Published
21 March 2019
Country:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth, Social Change
Authors:
Kyamusugulwa, P.M., Hilhorst, D, Bergh, S.I.

Abstract

The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 aims to achieve gender equality as part of the 5th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Yet, the way to reach this goal remains under-researched – particularly in rural, conflict-affected communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This paper uses the donor-funded, community-driven reconstruction programme ‘Tuungane’ as the foundation on which to analyse changes in gender norms in the context of a ‘hybrid social order’, defined as the interplay between ‘modern’ norms (state and non-governmental institutions); religious (church institutions) and traditional (institutions based on customary law).

This research is part of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) programme

Citation

Kyamusugulwa, P. M. Hilhorst, D. and Bergh, S. I. (2019) Pathways to women’s empowerment: Navigating the hybrid social order in eastern DRC. Working paper. London: Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium.

Pathways to women’s empowerment: Navigating the hybrid social order in eastern DRC

Published 21 March 2019
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