Abstract
The importance of women inclusion in peace processes and development is seen to be beneficial in climes where they are allowed to express their bitter experiences during times of conflicts and engage in fashioning strategies to prevent conflict from re-occurring. Low involvement of women at all levels of peace and security pursuits in Nigeria is a subject of discourse in scholarship. This study analyzed gender dynamics in conflict prevention, management and peacebuilding in Anambra State. The source of data was from secondary materials such as journals and internet resources. It was found that the level of women inclusion in both decision making and grassroots peace-building process is minimal in Anambra State. This is because women are rarely included in the design and implementation of peace programmes such as reconciliation, societal reconstruction, rehabilitation, and empowerment of conflict induced displaced persons in the State. Therefore, the study recommends that the stakeholders in Anambra State, should recognize the United Nations Resolution 1325 (2000), and entrench women in all peacebuilding processes of the State. It is also recommended that gender inclusivity should be made a compulsory subject in both primary and secondary schools in Nigeria, to instill the culture of gender inclusivity in the country.