Publication

This policy brief is based on a paper outlining experiences and challenges related to gender mainstreaming in mine action, summarizing the results of a short field study among mine action organizations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia was chosen as a case study partly because of the presence of significant mine contamination in that country, and partly because several gender mainstreaming efforts were in the process of being undertaken at the time the study was carried out (2007). In addition, the fact that the Cambodian mine action sector is fairly institutionalized and cemented means made it well suited for a study on the introduction of new strategic efforts such as gender mainstreaming.