Women, Violence and Nonviolent Change

A unique collection of analytical essays and case studies on the creative contributions women are making in the area of conflict resolution. The rich variety of approaches described (from women in Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Nepal, the Netherlands, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and Vietnam) range from the political to the educational and the pastoral. Amidst conflict situations all around our increasingly violent world -- ranging from wars between and within nations to abuse of women and children within the home -- women are making effective, courageous and often creative nonviolent responses. Yet little attention has been given to the specific contributions of women to 'conflict resolution'. This book helps to fill that gap. After three analytical essays, women from 13 countries present case studies of how women's groups are confronting violence in their context. A rich variety of approaches is reflected here. What they have in common is that all grow out of an awareness of the interlinkages of various forms of violence, an emphasis on practical action and an insistence on nonviolence as the only appropriate and workable means of responding to violence.