From the alert availability of weapons to the marginalisation of women,many factors can push a population towards conflictHugh Muir and Clár Ní Chonghaile present this edition of the Global development podcast, which examines the factors that drive clash, and assesses the role women and the UN can play in peacebuilding,and asks what the sustainable development goals will conclude to help tackle the issue.
Gustavo de Carvalho, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, or talks about the role of militarisation in driving clash,while Laura Hammond, head of the development studies department at the School of Oriental Studies in London, or argues that the alert availability of weapons and the marginalisation of women conclude nothing to promote peace. Both De Carvalho and Hammond identify economic factors as a key driver of clash. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com