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Advocates the participation of women in the Irish peace process, calling on both nationalist & unionist women to outline their agendas for peace. One group that has already done so is Clar na mBan (Women's Agenda for Peace), which began to organize community forums prior to the Irish Republican Army's ceasefire. Clar na mBan -- concerned about the contents of any peace agreement & its effects on the futures of women -- has submitted its own agenda to the Forum for Peace & Reconciliation. It includes proposals for creating a demilitarized society & advocates economic equality, children's rights, & antidiscrimination protection for disabled people & lesbians. It is proposed that each Irish jurisdiction should have two representatives -- one male & one female. Comparison with South Africa highlights the important role of working-class women in grass-roots struggles. E. Blackwell

This article tracks the engagement of university faculty in academic and community activism during thirty years in conflict-affected Northern Ireland. Over time, the team of three academics who wrote the article developed programs to help tackle educational disadvantage in a deeply divided society riven with violent conflict. Our pedagogical approach was driven by social justice principles in practice. In the process, students became what Ledwith & Springett (2010) describe as participative activists in the academy and in their own communities. The aim of this collective activism was to foster transformative change in a society that is now in transition from conflict. Key examples of critical practice are described. We use a case study approach to describe challenges faced by faculty and participants. We argue that academic activism and community partnership can play a positive role in community transformation in the most difficult circumstances.