Gender and peacebuilding : all hands required / edited by Maureen P. Flaherty, Thomas G. Maty�ok, Sean Byrne and Hamdesa Tuso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Maureen Flaherty and Tom Matyok -- Barbara Deming : Feminism and Nonviolence / Celia Cook-Huffman -- Afghan Women : Subjects of Peace and Objects of Violence / Elham Atashi -- Wounds of Genocide Rape : The Experiences of Two Women in Rwanda / Regine Uwibereyeho King -- Mothers at the Tree of Frustration : Locating Healing in Liberia / Angela J. Lederach -- Inclusion-Exclusion of Women in Local Peacemaking Systems in the Kaffa Society of Ethiopia / Federica De Sisto -- A Positive Peace Initiative with Rural Women in China / Maria Cheung & Tuula Heinonen -- The Role of Oromo Women in Conflict Resolution : Perspectives from an Indigenous System / Hamdesa Tuso -- Remaining Human : Experiences of Constructing "Normal Life" in the Gulag / Oksana Kis -- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? : Developing a Women's Peace Agenda in Post-Soviet Armenia / Sinead Walsh -- Black Tradeswomen Building Toward Pragmatic Peacebuilding for Personal, Cultural, and Institutional Change / Roberta Hunte -- "The Karen women's organization in Winnipeg is not political" : Challenges to developing the capacity for diaspora peacebuilding in Canada / Anna Snyder -- "It's Not Just the Icing, It's the Glue" : Rural Women's Volunteering in Manitoba, Canada / Robin Neustaeter -- Militarization and Gender in Israel / Galia Golan -- Women at the Peace Table : The Gender Dynamics of Peace Negotiations / Monica McWilliams -- (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 -- Women Peacekeepers : Gender Discourses on 'Equal but Different' Amongst Irish Peacekeepers / Shirley Graham -- Peace Studies and Feminism : Debates, Linkages, and Intersections / Lisa McLean and Maria Lucia Zapata -- Cultural Violence and Gender : Peacebuilding via Peace Education / Katerina Standish -- Peacebuilding Without Western Saviors? : An Approach to Teaching African Gender and Sexuality Politics to American Students / Robin L. Turner -- Gender, Violence, and Dehumanization : No Peace with Patriarchy / Franke Wilmer -- Queer Theory and Peace and Conflict Studies : Some Critical Reflections / Robert Mizzi and Sean Byrne -- (Dis)Ability, Gender, and Peacebuilding : Natural Absences Present But Invisible / Maureen Flaherty and Nancy Hansen -- Getting it Right : Some Advice From Feminist Methodologists / Joey Sprague.

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Along with provocative theoretical and critical analyses of gender in Peace and Conflict Studies, this book shares concrete examples of peacebuilding work by women from various corners of the world book and highlights the need for a gendered lens in peacebuilding work.

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