We see gender relations play out everyday in our own contexts and societies: how the military is considered masculine; how care jobs are considered feminine; how we expect something else from fathers than we do from mothers; how positions of power are often held by men, but the consequences are often felt by women and gender diverse people. Every day we learn about gender relations and how they form us and our society. We become gender experts by looking at those gender relations we have always considered to be natural or logical, and to scrutinise them.

In this episode of the Peace Corner Podcast, Yvet Voppen and Henri Myrttinen talk about how local peacebuilders are those gender experts that we need to listen to if we want to create meaningful and sustainable peace, for everyone, regardless of gender. And while gender is often associated with girls and women, in this episode we shine a light on masculinity and diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in relation to peacebuilding. Learn how to listen to your own expertise on gender in your own context and how this relates to the bigger peacebuilding sector.

Music credit: 'Coffee Shopping' by Bruno Freitas, licensed under hooksounds.com.