Paper details
| Paper authors | Manuela Mesa, Elena Boschiero |
| In panel on | Revisiting the Nexus Between Human Rights and Humanitarianism |
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Abstract
‘Localisation’ has become a central pillar of humanitarian system reforms, but its dominant conceptualisation remains technical, devoid of power analysis and often disconnected from the actors it seeks to empower. This paper is based on participatory research on the convergence between the triple nexus approach (HDP) and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS) in Spanish cooperation, drawing on experiences from countries such as Ethiopia, Mali, El Salvador and Mozambique.
Based on interviews with local actors, especially women, we observe that real localisation involves not only transferring resources, but also recognising knowledge, languages and forms of organisation that challenge predefined frameworks. These findings have led us to develop a practical feminist methodology that proposes guidelines for implementing triple nexus projects in convergence with the WPS Agenda, taking into account localisation and a rights-based approach and promoting women's participation. This paper offers a critique of the dominant discourse of localisation as a technical solution and proposes an alternative: a feminist, situated localisation with context analysis that understands local agency as an engine of change, not as a recipient of external plans.
