Women waging peace

Foreign Policy

Volumn , Issue 124, 2001, Pages 38-47

  Hunt, Swanee ^a   Posa, Cristina ^a  

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EID: 0013041681     PISSN: 00157228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3183189     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. The Internet is invaluable in enabling the inclusive security approach advocated in this article. The Web offers not only a wealth of information but, just as important, relatively cheap and easy access for citizens worldwide. Most of the women's peace-building activities and strategies explored in this article can be found on the Web site of Women Waging Peace - a collaborative venture of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and the nonprofit organization Hunt Alternatives, which recognize the essential role and contribution of women in preventing violent conflict, stopping war, reconstructing ravaged societies, and sustaining peace in fragile areas around the world. On the site, women active in conflict areas can communicate with each other without fear of retribution via a secure server. The women submit narratives detailing their strategies, which can then be read on the public Web site. The site also features a video archive of interviews with each of these women. You need a password to view these interviews, so contact Women Waging Peace online or call (617) 868-3910.
2. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an outstanding resource for qualitative and quantitative studies of women's involvement in conflict prevention. Start with the final report of the OSCE Supplementary Implementation Meeting: Gender Issues (Vienna: UNIFEM, 1999), posted on the group's Web site. The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) also publishes reports on its colorful and easy-to-navigate site. The fund's informative book, Women at the Peace Table: Making a Difference (New York: UNIFEM, 2000), available online, features interviews with some of today's most prominent women peacemakers, including Hanan Ashrawi and Mo Mowlam.
3. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an outstanding resource for qualitative and quantitative studies of women's involvement in conflict prevention. Start with the final report of the OSCE Supplementary Implementation Meeting: Gender Issues (Vienna: UNIFEM, 1999), posted on the group's Web site. The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) also publishes reports on its colorful and easy-to-navigate site. The fund's informative book, Women at the Peace Table: Making a Difference (New York: UNIFEM, 2000), available online, features interviews with some of today's most prominent women peacemakers, including Hanan Ashrawi and Mo Mowlam.
4. For a look at how globalization is changing women's roles in governments, companies, and militaries, read Cynthia Enloe's Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001). In Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000), Enloe examines the military's effects on women, whether they are soldiers or soldiers' spouses. For a more general discussion of where feminism fits into academia and policymaking, see "Searching for the Princess? Feminist Perspectives in International Relations" (The Harvard International Review, Fall 1999) by J. Ann Tickner, associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.
5. For a look at how globalization is changing women's roles in governments, companies, and militaries, read Cynthia Enloe's Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001). In Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000), Enloe examines the military's effects on women, whether they are soldiers or soldiers' spouses. For a more general discussion of where feminism fits into academia and policymaking, see "Searching for the Princess? Feminist Perspectives in International Relations" (The Harvard International Review, Fall 1999) by J. Ann Tickner, associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.
6. For a look at how globalization is changing women's roles in governments, companies, and militaries, read Cynthia Enloe's Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001). In Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000), Enloe examines the military's effects on women, whether they are soldiers or soldiers' spouses. For a more general discussion of where feminism fits into academia and policymaking, see "Searching for the Princess? Feminist Perspectives in International Relations" (The Harvard International Review, Fall 1999) by J. Ann Tickner, associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.
7. The Fall 1997 issue of FOREIGN POLICY magazine features two articles that highlight how women worldwide are simultaneously gaining political clout but also bearing the brunt of poverty: "Women in Power: From Tokenism to Critical Mass" by Jane S. Jaquette and "Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass" by Mayra Buvinic.
8. The Fall 1997 issue of FOREIGN POLICY magazine features two articles that highlight how women worldwide are simultaneously gaining political clout but also bearing the brunt of poverty: "Women in Power: From Tokenism to Critical Mass" by Jane S. Jaquette and "Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass" by Mayra Buvinic.