Women in Peace Politics

by Paula Banerjee

• ISBN13: 9780761935704
• ISBN10: 0761935703
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

This volume reflects the multiplicity of women's role in peace politics in South Asia through a collection of important articles on the subject. Reflecting the three genres through which women's peace politics is often played out, the book is divided into three sections: ideas and ideologies, South Asian women's practices of structured negotiations for peace, and the lives of 'ordinary' women who symbolize women's unending quest for peace and justice.

Table of Contents

Series Note	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Ideas and Ideologies
Introduction	p. 3
Shefali	p. 9
Security, Gender and Conflict Prevention: Perceptions from South Asia	p. 20
Ethnicity and Democracy Meet When Mothers Protest	p. 54
Afterword	p. 78
Islam, Feminism and the Women's Movement in Pakistan: 1981-1991	p. 97
Women, Nationalism and War: "Make Love Not War"	p. 112
Movements
Introduction	p. 133
Women in Sri Lankan Peace Politics	p. 138
Motherhood as a Space of Protest: Women's Political Participation in Contemporary Sri Lanka	p. 152
Negotiating Peace: Feminist Reflections	p. 175
The Space between: Women's Negotiations with Democracy	p. 201
Minorities, Women and Peace: A South Asian Perspective	p. 218
Voices
Introduction	p. 233
Shed No More Blood: Mothers for Peace	p. 238
WAF to Continue Protest against Discriminatory Laws	p. 240
The Way of the World	p. 243
Chadur aur Diwari	p. 272
Drawing Lines, Erasing Lines: Feminism as a Resource in Opposing Xenophobia and Separatism	p. 274
In Conversation with Dr Hanan Ashrawi	p. 289
Further Readings on Themes in Peace Studies	p. 301
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 311
Index	p. 315
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