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Rwanda and Bosnia both experienced mass violence in the early 1990s. Less than ten years later, Rwandans surprisingly elected the world's highest level of women to parliament. In Bosnia, women launched thousands of community organizations that became spaces for informal political participation. The political mobilization of women in both countries complicates the popular image of women as merely the victims and spoils of war. Through a close examination of these cases, Marie E. Berry unpacks the puzzling relationship between war and women's political mobilization. Drawing from over 260 interviews with women in both countries, she argues that war can reconfigure gendered power relations by precipitating demographic, economic, and cultural shifts. In the aftermath, however, many of the gains women made were set back. This book offers an entirely new view of women and war and includes concrete suggestions for policy makers, development organizations, and activists supporting women's rights.

Rwanda and Bosnia both experienced mass violence in the early 1990s. Less than ten years later, Rwandans surprisingly elected the world's highest level of women to parliament. In Bosnia, women launched thousands of community organizations that became spaces for informal political participation. The political mobilization of women in both countries complicates the popular image of women as merely the victims and spoils of war. Through a close examination of these cases, Marie E. Berry unpacks the puzzling relationship between war and women's political mobilization. Drawing from over 260 interviews with women in both countries, she argues that war can reconfigure gendered power relations by precipitating demographic, economic, and cultural shifts. In the aftermath, however, many of the gains women made were set back. This book offers an entirely new view of women and war and includes concrete suggestions for policy makers, development organizations, and activists supporting women's rights

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- List of figures and tables -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Incorporating trauma healing into peacebuilding practice -- 2 Fundamentals of trauma: confronting the myths and widening the spectrum for peacebuilding -- 3 Holistic healing: a case for integrating trauma recovery and peacebuilding -- 4 Building peace in complex contexts of psychosocial trauma: an integrated framework -- Part II How to remember and tell stories of trauma -- 5 "I can(not) remember": the creation of collective narratives in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 6 Creating a multidirectional memory for healing in the former Yugoslavia -- 7 Remembering side by side: transforming relationships through storytelling -- Part III Women's resilience -- 8 Victim or survivor? Choosing identity after wartime sexual violence -- 9 "The war changed me": Bosnian women, resilience and the search for peace -- 10 From subjects of stories to agents of change: countering dominant discourses of gender and peacebuilding -- Part IV From justice to artistic expression: practices of working with trauma -- 11 Towards social restoration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: exploring the place of symbolic forms of transitional justice -- 12 Taking play seriously: creative processing of trauma through expressive arts -- 13 Conclusion: lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Index.

"This book brings together multiple perspectives to examine the strengths and limitations of efforts to promote healing and peacebuilding after war, focusing on the aftermath of the traumatic armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book begins with a simple premise: trauma that is not transformed is transferred. Drawing on multidisciplinary insights from academics, peace practitioners and trauma experts, this book examines the limitations of our current strategies for promoting healing and peacebuilding after war, while offering inroads into best practices to prevent future violence through psychosocial trauma recovery and the healing of memories. The contributions create a conversation which allows readers to critically rethink the deeper roots and mechanisms of trauma created by the war. Collectively, the authors provide strategic recommendations to policymakers, peace practitioners, donors and international organizations engaged in work in Bosnia and Herzegovina- strategies that can be applied to other countries rebuilding after war. This volume will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, social psychology, Balkan politics and International Relations in general"--

Many view civil wars as violent contests between armed combatants. But history shows that community groups, businesses, NGOs, local governments, and even armed groups can respond to war by engaging in civil action. Characterized by a reluctance to resort to violence and a willingness to show enough respect to engage with others, civil action can slow, delay, or prevent violent escalations. This volume explores how people in conflict environments engage in civil action, and the ways such action has affected violence dynamics in Syria, Peru, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Spain, and Colombia. These cases highlight the critical and often neglected role that civil action plays in conflicts around the world.