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Women, religion, and peacebuilding

illuminating the invisible

ed. by Susan Hayward ; Katherine Marshall. Foreword by Jimmy Carter

Buch

englisch

Carter, Jimmy (Forew.) DNB
Marshall, Katherine (Ed.) DNB
Hayward, Susan (Ed.) DNB

United States Inst. of Peace Press

Washington, DC

2015

364 p.

978-1-60127-292-8

peace
religion
women
case study
peacebuilding

Many women working for peace around the world are motivated by their religious beliefs, whether they work within secular or religious organizations. These women often find themselves sidelined or excluded from mainstream peacebuilding efforts. Secular organizations can be uncomfortable working with religious groups. Meanwhile, religious institutions often dissuade or even disallow women from leadership positions. Women, Religion, and Peacebuilding: Illuminating the Unseen shows how women determined to work for peace have faced these obstacles in ingenious ways suggesting, by example, ways that religious and secular organizations might better include them in larger peacebuilding campaigns and make those campaigns more effective in ending conflict.The first part of the book examines the particular dynamics of women of faith working toward peace within Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. The second part contains case studies of women peacebuilders in Africa, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, detailing how their faiths have informed their work, what roles religious institutions have played as they have moved forward, what accomplishments have resulted from their efforts, and what challenges remain. An appendix of interviews offers further perspectives from peacebuilders, both women and men.Ultimately, Women, Religion, and Peacebuilding is a call to change the paradigm of peacebuilding inside and outside of the world s faiths, to strengthen women s abilities to work for peace and, in turn, improve the chances that major efforts to end conflicts around the world succeed.EDITORS: Susan Hayward and Katherine MarshallCONTRIBUTORS: Maryann Cusimano Love S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana Dena Merriam Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen Margaret Jenkins Bilkisu Yusuf Kathleen McGarvey Etin Anwar Andrea K. Blanch Esther Hertzog Ibtisam Mahameed Zilka Spahic iljak Monica A. Maher Anjana Dayal Prewitt Jacqueline Ogega"

omen are involved in peacebuilding efforts across the world, often drawing inspiration and support from religious organizations. But their efforts are largely invisible. This report sheds light on the religious peacebuilding work that women do, offering both a better understanding of the effects of peace work generally and a way for donors, international organizations, and others to support women who are building a more sustainable peace.

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