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May
24 2008. Editorial
Money for Women Peacemakers
by Mariëtte van Beek. Money spent on weapons and warfare can
not be spent on something else. Armed conflicts bring destruction
to societies, and disruption to their economies. Especially when armies
operate far away from home, the military expenses are a huge burden
for national governments and their budgets. Next to the immediate
human cost, wars have a disastrous... > READ
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May
24 2007. Child’s
Play. There is a tendency in discussions about women and peace
to see women solely as victims. This is
dangerous and very one-sided. All of us know the horror stories: rape
as a weapon of war, trafficking, and forced pregnancy. It is critical
to make this reality known, to do more to support survivors, punish
offenders- and to prevent the whole vicious descent into hell that
is war in the first place. ... > READ
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May
24 2006. Peace
East and West. Some two million people around the world are victims
of trafficking, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Louise Arbour said recently. She noted, “Reports today suggest
that more people are being trafficked than ever before.” We begin
this issue with an article on trafficking by Annelise Ebbe. Trafficking
may not seem at first glance an obvious issue for peace activists.
But it is... > READ
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May 24 2005. Women
Peacemakers : A Legacy. 2005 marks an important centenary in the
history-or herstory-of women peacemakers. One hundred years ago the
first woman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was an impoverished
aristocrat who only started working for peace in her 40s. Ironically,
she was the one who persuaded the millionaire inventor Alfred Nobel
to set up a Peace Prize in the first ... > READ
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