Women and Politics of Peace : South Asia Narratives on Militarization, Power, and Justice

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. Cover Contents List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction PART I WOMEN, PARTICIPATION, AND PEACEBUILDING 1 Peace with Women 2 Gender, Power, and Peace Politics Participant AnalysisandField Notes 3 Herstory 4 Building Transversal Solidarities PART II MILITARIZATION AND VIOLENT PEACE 5 Militarization Values, Attitudes, and Practices in South Asia Participant Analysis and Field Notes 6 Gender and Patriarchy in Militarized Kashmir 7 Risky Subjects 8 Violent Peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 9 Failed Peace and Security Strategies in Afghanistan’s Transition 10 What Happened to Nepal’s Women Maoists? 11 FATA “A Permanent War Zone” PART III JUSTICE, IMPUNITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY 12 Challenges for Transitional Justice in South Asia Participant Analysis and Field Notes 13 Against Forgetting 14 Beyond Transitional Justice 15 No Peace without Justice in Afghanistan 16 State Interventionto Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka About the Editor and Contributors Index 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. Edited By Rita Manchanda. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.