The conflict in Nepal (1996–2006) resulted in an estimated 15,000 deaths, 1,300
disappearances, along with other serious human rights and humanitarian law violations …

Conceptualizations of post-conflict agency have been widely debated in feminist security
studies and critical international relations studies. This article distinguishes between three …

The armed conflict initiated on February 13, 1996 by the then (Maoist) Communist Party of
Nepal (CPN-M) against the state, ended on November 21, 2006 with the signing of the …

While gender-responsive Security Sector Reform (SSR) is increasingly recognised as being
key to successful SSR programmes, women continue to be marginalised in post-conflict …

Abstract During the period 1996–2006, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) waged overt
people's war to seize state power and institute a new order that realized the party's …

Masculinity associated with armed groups tends to be built on assumptions of violence and
insecurity. Rethinking Masculinities: Ideology, Identity and Change in the People's War in …

The peace-building literature widely frames corruption as a threat to the stability of states
transitioning from armed conflict. Underlying this framing are liberal assumptions on the …

This article seeks to understand how the concept of ambiguous loss can help explain why
and how the issue of missing persons becomes a tool of politics, in terms of being …

The new UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has made prevention his top priority.
Conflict prevention is now understood not only in terms of averting the outbreak, but also the …

While the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration literature emphasises that social
reintegration of ex-combatants is key to sustainable peace, few analyses exist, leading to …