Lecture 8 Gender and Human Rights – Women, War and Peace

Read:

 George, N. 2011. “Pacific Women Building Peace: A Regional Perspective.” The Contemporary Pacific 23, no. 1: 37-71.

 http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.usc.edu.au:2048/stable/23724765

Women, War, and Peace

Visit:

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom 

 https://www.wilpf.org/

United Nations Women Peace and Security  

 https://unwomen.org.au/our-work/focus-areas/women-peace-and-security/

View:

1. ‘I came to Testify‘:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayMCtiVzG2s 

[on the lecture slides)]How sixteen Bosnian women changed the rules of war. Narrated by Matt Damon.

2.Pray the Devil Back to Hell:  

https://vimeo.com/128182384 

[optional – a great resource] Bill Moyers Journal profiles Leymah Gbowee, a woman who led her fellow countrywomen to fight for and win peace in war-torn Liberia, and Abigail Disney, who produced the documentary of their struggle and triumph.