About this toolkit: "The gender & conflict analysis toolkit for peacebuilders provides practical guidance to peacebuilding practitioners on using gender and conflict analysis. Integrating gender into conflict analysis can increase the inclusivity and effectiveness of peacebuilding interventions. It does this by enhancing the understanding of underlying gender power relations and how these influence and are affected by armed conflict and peacebuilding. It sheds light on the drivers of conflict, (potential) agents and opportunities for peace, as well as practices of exclusion and discrimination including in peacebuilding interventions themselves. There are some very useful gender and conflict analysis resources available (see list of references, p. 58) but few are short and practical. Conciliation Resources? intention in producing this toolkit is to fill a gap in guidance available to peacebuilding practitioners on how to do gender-sensitive conflict analysis and to provide this in an accessible way, sharing insights from our own work. The toolkit can be used in a variety of ways: to deepen understanding of the concept of gender; to conduct peace and conflict analysis in a given context; or as conflict analysis training materials. The toolkit consists of three main parts: 2 Part I (p. 8) explores the concept of gender and its relevance to peacebuilding. It also details the ?what?, ?why?, and ?how? of gender-sensitive conflict analysis. The textboxes included provide examples of how Conciliation Resources engages with gender and the lessons it has drawn from mainstreaming gender in its work, including in relation to conflict analysis. 2 Part II (p. 24) consists of a list of guiding questions on gender-sensitive conflict analysis. It is illustrative of the types of questions that could be asked, rather than an exhaustive checklist to work through. The first set of questions focuses on how to go about Conciliation Resources | Gender & conflict analysis toolkit 5 gender-sensitive conflict analysis, while the second set focuses on what to analyse. Please note that these questions are not necessarily meant to be taken straight from the document and used in conflict analysis workshops; rather, they are to be reflected upon in advance of a conflict analysis exercise. 2 Part III (p. 32) provides a set of exercises to help explore gender in relation to peacebuilding. These exercises can be used to further understanding of gender and its relevance to the field of peace and security, and/or to explore gender in relation to peace and conflict in a particular context. A quick summary of the key points of the toolkit can be found in the section ?Gender & conflict analysis: the essentials? (p. 6). This toolkit is based on Conciliation Resources? experience in conflict-affected contexts and draws on our participatory approach to conflict analysis. It was developed over a two-year time frame and informed by research, reflection and discussion, involving various colleagues and partners and also numerous external experts (see Acknowledgements for further details). This is a first edition of the gender & conflict analysis toolkit for peacebuilders. We aim to further test and update this document in light of further experience and evidence-based learning. Please note that the toolkit was written with an organisation like Conciliation Resources in mind: an international peacebuilding NGO with a strong focus on inclusiveness and support to peace processes. It aims to complement rather than replace existing tools for conflict analysis. While gender-sensitive conflict analysis is key to gender-sensitive programming, on its own it is not likely to produce gender-sensitive programming. Reflection and action is required, for example, to ensure buy-in for work at all levels of peacebuilding organisations, to promote inclusion in all the phases of peacebuilding, and to address specific risks in practice, or to engender data..."