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COPYRIGHT 2008 Professors World Peace Academy
WOMEN BUILDING PEACE: WHAT THEY DO, WHY IT MATTERS
Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007
255 pages, paper, $22.00
On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. The historic resolution was the culmination of years of activism by women determined to challenge the classic perspectives on warfare that ignore both violence against women and, especially, the significant contributions made by women to peace processes around the world. The resolution calls upon the United Nations and member states to (1) ensure the protection of women and girls during armed conflict, (2) consider the rights of women during peace processes and include women in peace negotiations and peace support operations, and (3) increase the participation of women at decision-making levels in institutions engaged in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. As Sanam Anderlini states in Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters, "This resolution ... provides a critical legal and political framework through which, for the first time in history, women worldwide can claim their space and voice their views on peace and security matters." While the resolution itself is a significant achievement, the real test of the international community's commitment to women is in translating the promise of the resolution into effective policy and practice.
Anderlini's comparative, cross-regional analysis draws on years of field research and interviews with women engaged in peacebuilding at every level to explore women's contributions to conflict resolution and...
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