ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the conflicts that arose after and during the structured agenda-setting process in the women and peace arena at the New York PrepCom. One of the main challenges that NGOs face in setting global agendas is to come up with a frame that resonates in diverse cultural and ethnic contexts. Moreover, they compete with other NGOs who are also trying to gain attention for their issues, framed in their own way. The chapter presents the background to each conflict, looks at the NGO responses, and examines the outcomes. The disputes are analyzed using the conceptual tools from social movement theory: strategic framing, identity formation, and repertoires of contention. These conceptual tools were developed for studying national movement mobilization. This analysis reinforces the importance of identity formation and strategy to the transnational framing process and reveals successes and failures of various frames in the context of transnational social movements.
