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Women and politics of peace : South Asia narratives on militarization, power, and justice

Title By: Manchanda, Rita [Edited by]
Material type: BookPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications Ltd, c2017.Description: xl, 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9789386062628Subject(s): Women and peace -- South Asia | Women and war -- South Asia | Women -- Political activity -- South Asia | Women -- South Asia -- Social conditions | Transitional justice -- South AsiaDDC classification: 303.660820954 WO ME Online resources: Location Map
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This book discusses the experiences of women negotiating conflict and post-conflict situations to deliver transformative peace Inspired by the vision and values of women of the South Asian Peace Network, this volume fills a critical gap in the global Women Peace and Security (WPS) discourse. The chapters focus on the region's multifaceted experiences and feminist expertise on women negotiating post-war-post-conflict situations structured around interlinked themes-women, participation and peacebuilding;militarization and violent peace and justice, impunity, and accountability. This volume looks at the efforts of women trying to deliver a transformative peace that questions gendered power relations while confronting the socio-cultural barriers that prevent them from participating in rebuilding conflict-affected societies to bring about just peace.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

AcknowledgementsINTRODUCTION - Rita ManchandaPart I : WOMEN, PARTICIPATION AND PEACEBUILDINGPeace with Women: Political Participation in Post Conflict Contexts - Swarna RajagopalanGender, Power and Peace Politics: A Comparative Analysis - Rita ManchandaParticipant Analysis and Field NotesHerstory: Women and Peace Movements in South Asia - Roshmi Goswami, Kumudini Samuel, Nighat Said KhanBuilding Transversal Solidarities: Women's Search for Peace in Sri Lanka - Kumudini SamuelPart II MILITRIZATION AND VIOLENT PEACEMilitarization Values, Attitudes and Practices in South Asia - Anuradha ChenoyParticipant Analysis and Field NotesGender and Patriarchy in Militarized Kashmir - Anuradha Bhasin JamwalRisky Subjects: Militarization in Post-war Sri Lanka - Neloufer de MelViolent Peace in Chittagong Hill Tracts - Hana Shams AhmedFailed Peace and Security Strategies in Afghanistan's Transition - Huma SafiWhat Happened to Nepal's Women Maoists? - Bishnu Raj Upreti and Gita ShreshtaFATA `A Permanent War Zone': Breaking the Silence - Noreen NaseerPart III JUSTICE, IMPUNITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITYChallenges for Transitional Justice in South Asia - Warisha FarasatParticipant Analysis and Field NotesField NotesAgainst Forgetting: Gendered Justice in `Post-conflict' Bangladesh - Dina M SiddiqiBeyond Transitional Justice: Accountability Initiatives in Nepal - Mandira SharmaNo Peace without Justice in Afghanistan - Najla AyoubiState Intervention to Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka - Bhavani FonsekaIndex

This book discusses the experiences of women negotiating conflict and post-conflict situations to deliver transformative peace Inspired by the vision and values of women of the South Asian Peace Network, this volume fills a critical gap in the global Women Peace and Security (WPS) discourse. The chapters focus on the region's multifaceted experiences and feminist expertise on women negotiating post-war-post-conflict situations structured around interlinked themes-women, participation and peacebuilding;militarization and violent peace and justice, impunity, and accountability. This volume looks at the efforts of women trying to deliver a transformative peace that questions gendered power relations while confronting the socio-cultural barriers that prevent them from participating in rebuilding conflict-affected societies to bring about just peace.

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