>From WAND (Women's Action for New Direction) WAND, Women's Action for New Directions National Field Office 464 Cherokee Avenue, SE Suite 201 Atlanta, GA 30312 (404) 524-5999 (ph) (404) 524-7593 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.wand.org>http://www.wand.org Mission: To empower women to act politically to reduce militarism and violence and to redirect excessive military spending toward unmet human and environmental needs. WOMEN WAGING PEACE By Swanee Hunt and Cristina Posa Foreign Policy: The Magazine of Global Politics, Economics, and Ideas You can't end wars simply by declaring peace. "Inclusive security" rests on the principle that fundamental social changes are necessary to prevent renewed hostilities. Women have proven time and again their unique ability to bridge seemingly insurmountable divides. So why aren't they at the negotiating table? For full article, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or go to the Foreign Poilcy website: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_mayjune_2001/Hunt.html 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. 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. 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. 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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com This is GainsNet, the mailing list of the UN-INSTRAW-GAINS Network Members. To reply to the GainsNet group, click on "reply all" To reply to an individual, click on "reply" To unsubscribe from GainsNet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line
