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Gender and Peacebuilding

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Edited by Maureen P. Flaherty; Thomas G. Matyók; Sean Byrne and Hamdesa Tuso - Contributions by Maria Cheung; Celia Cook-Huffman; Patlee Creary; Galia Golan; Shirley Graham; Nancy Hansen; Tuula Heinonen; Roberta Hunte; Régine Uwibereyeho King; Oksana Kis; Angela J. Lederach; Lisa McLean; Monica McWilliams; Robert C. Mizzi; Anna Snyder; Joey Sprague; Katerina Standish; Robin L. Turner; Sinéad Walsh; Franke Wilmer and María Lucía Zapata

The twenty-first century has brought with it a shift from the notion of human security being located in secure national borders to the need to secure the safety, freedom, and dignity of all. Despite efforts to equalize women’s status in the world evidenced by changes in many international projects requiring a gender focus, women and men experience most of the world in very different ways according to gender. Further, the reality is that humans who do not all fall neatly into one of these categories – male or female – often find their lives further challenged.
In the 1980s, Peace and Conflict Studies first began to acknowledge and study the different experiences males and females have during war and peace. Since then, there have been books about women and war, women working at grassroots levels to build peace, women and transitional justice, women and peace education, and women’s views of human security. All of these works have contributed to the discourse of our changing world.
This book brings together some of those themes and voices and adds more with the final product being more than the sum of its parts. We add to the conversation a book that considers foundational/fundamental issues that span from the interpersonal to the global. Many of the chapters describe empirical research completed with author and community, shared here for the first time. Part One is a collection of case studies, documenting challenges and responses to peacebuilding by women from various parts of the world. Part Two focuses on Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) as a discipline, examining not only what is, but also what should be taught. This section critiques today’s efforts at teaching Peace and Conflict Studies and provides suggestions of how this important work might be shared in more open and equitable ways. Part Three enters territory found even less in the PACS literature. In this section our authors confront patriarchy, engage in a discussion about the contribution queer theory makes to PACS, and tussle with the notion of inclusivity with considerations of both gender and disability. It then ends with a discussion about the contribution feminist methodologies make to PACS.

Lexington Books

Pages: 446 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-0-7391-9260-3 • Hardback • October 2015 • $171.00 • (£133.00)

978-0-7391-9261-0 • eBook • October 2015 • $162.50 • (£125.00)

Series: Peace and Conflict Studies

Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Civil Rights, Political Science / Human Rights

Gender and Peacebuilding

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Summary

The twenty-first century has brought with it a shift from the notion of human security being located in secure national borders to the need to secure the safety, freedom, and dignity of all. Despite efforts to equalize women’s status in the world evidenced by changes in many international projects requiring a gender focus, women and men experience most of the world in very different ways according to gender. Further, the reality is that humans who do not all fall neatly into one of these categories – male or female – often find their lives further challenged.
In the 1980s, Peace and Conflict Studies first began to acknowledge and study the different experiences males and females have during war and peace. Since then, there have been books about women and war, women working at grassroots levels to build peace, women and transitional justice, women and peace education, and women’s views of human security. All of these works have contributed to the discourse of our changing world.
This book brings together some of those themes and voices and adds more with the final product being more than the sum of its parts. We add to the conversation a book that considers foundational/fundamental issues that span from the interpersonal to the global. Many of the chapters describe empirical research completed with author and community, shared here for the first time. Part One is a collection of case studies, documenting challenges and responses to peacebuilding by women from various parts of the world. Part Two focuses on Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) as a discipline, examining not only what is, but also what should be taught. This section critiques today’s efforts at teaching Peace and Conflict Studies and provides suggestions of how this important work might be shared in more open and equitable ways. Part Three enters territory found even less in the PACS literature. In this section our authors confront patriarchy, engage in a discussion about the contribution queer theory makes to PACS, and tussle with the notion of inclusivity with considerations of both gender and disability. It then ends with a discussion about the contribution feminist methodologies make to PACS.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 446 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-0-7391-9260-3 • Hardback • October 2015 • $171.00 • (£133.00)

978-0-7391-9261-0 • eBook • October 2015 • $162.50 • (£125.00)

Series: Peace and Conflict Studies

Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Civil Rights, Political Science / Human Rights

Author

Maureen P. Flaherty is assistant professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Manitoba.

ThomasMatyók is associate professor and chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Jessica Senehi is associate professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Manitoba.

Sean Byrne is professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and director of the Arthur V. Mauro Center for Peace and Justice at St. Paul’s College at the University of Manitoba.

Hamdesa Tuso is assistant professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies program at the University of Manitoba.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction– Maureen Flaherty and Tom Matyok

PART I: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES: CASE STUDIES AND EXAMPLES

1 Barbara Deming: Feminism and Nonviolence
Celia Cook-Huffman

2Afghan Women: Subjects of Peace and Objects of Violence
Elham Atashi

3 Wounds of Genocide Rape: The Experiences of Two Women in Rwanda
Regine Uwibereyeho King

4Mothers at the Tree of Frustration: Locating Healing in Liberia
Angela J. Lederach

5Inclusion-Exclusion of Women in Local Peacemaking Systems in the Kaffa Society of Ethiopia
Federica De Sisto

6 A Positive Peace Initiative with Rural Women in China
Maria Cheung & Tuula Heinonen

7The Role of Oromo Women in Conflict Resolution: Perspectives from an Indigenous System
Hamdesa Tuso

8Remaining Human: Experiences of Constructing “Normal Life” in the Gulag
Oksana Kis

9One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Developing a Women’s Peace Agenda in Post-Soviet Armenia
Sinéad Walsh

10Black Tradeswomen Building Toward Pragmatic Peacebuilding for Personal, Cultural, and Institutional Change
Roberta Hunte

11“The Karen women’s organization in Winnipeg is not political”; Challenges to developing the capacity for diaspora peacebuilding in Canada
Anna Snyder

12“It’s Not Just the Icing, It’s the Glue”: Rural Women’s Volunteering in Manitoba, Canada
Robin Neustaeter

13Militarization and Gender in Israel
Galia Golan

14Women at the Peace Table: The Gender Dynamics of Peace Negotiations
Monica McWilliams

15(Re)Examining Women’s Role in Peacebuilding: Assessing the Impact of the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) and the European Union (EU) PEACE III Funding on Women’s Role in Community Development, Peace-building, and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties
Patlee Creary and Sean Byrne

16Women Peacekeepers: Gender Discourses on ‘Equal but Different’ Amongst Irish Peacekeepers
Shirley Graham

PART II: PEACE EDUCATION

17 Peace Studies and Feminism: Debates, Linkages, and Intersections
Lisa McLean and Maria Lucia Zapata

18Cultural Violence and Gender: Peacebuilding via Peace Education
Katerina Standish

19Peacebuilding Without Western Saviors? An Approach to Teaching African Gender and Sexuality Politics to American Students
Robin L. Turner

PART III: MOVING FORWARD

20 Gender, Violence, and Dehumanization: No Peace with Patriarchy
Franke Wilmer

21Queer Theory and Peace and Conflict Studies: Some Critical Reflections
Robert Mizzi and Sean Byrne

22(Dis)Ability, Gender, and Peacebuilding: Natural Absences Present But Invisible
Maureen Flaherty and Nancy Hansen

23Getting it Right: Some Advice From Feminist Methodologists
Joey Sprague

Reviews

A significant, inspiring and must-read book for all who seek peace in the world, for those who may be tempted to give up hope, and for those who claim that peace is not possible. The authors move beyond simple formulas and platitudes to explore the complex realms of human relationships, and give evidence that every single effort to resolve human conflict peaceably - in our homes, our workplaces, our communities, and in our nations - is significant and important!
— Peggy Chinn, University of Connecticut

Gender and Peacebuilding brings to light often invisible contributions of women peacemakers in a wide diversity of cases across the world. The accounts are lucid, engaging, and theoretically informative. They reveal the complex fabric of culture, conflict, and adversity through which women have persevered to build innovative approaches to peace. The stories in this landmark collection will inspire and shape this field of study.
— Janie Leatherman, Fairfield University

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