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Ways women wage war and peace beg a reconsideration of the current, dominant narrative about how violence and protracted conflicts are gendered. This narrative contains limitations and misconceptions and especially ignores how women's lives change as a result of war, as well as creative strategies they employ to survive. A compilation of actual stories of women's movements across the globe--as active agents of change in more than 16 countries--demonstrates the richness of women's experiences during wartime and post-war reconstruction and highlights the wide repertoire of activities in which women engage. The lessons learned are essential for those involved in conflict resolution, development and peace building in our too violent world.
Dr. Sandra Cheldelin, the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (formerly Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution), is an active scholar-practitioner, psychologist and expert in organizational conflict who often lectures on workplace issues of violence, change, race, gender and conflict. She previously served as Director of the Institute; she is the current Director of the School’s doctoral program. In working with more than 150 organizations, she has facilitated large-scale interethnic and interfaith community dialogues on topics of fear, terrorism, violence and suspicion, and she has convened large and small groups to build community resilience, conducting conflict resolution trainings, interventions and research projects in Italy, Malta, Bosnia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Georgia, the Middle East, Turkey, Liberia and China. As a writer concerned with intervention and practice, Cheldelin has co-authored Women Waging War and Peace and Conflict Resolution, and she co-edited Conflict. Her previous academic posts include provost at the McGregor School of Antioch University and academic dean at the California School of Professional Psychology.
About the Vision Series Lecture: Today’s Best Minds Examining the Important Issues of Our Day
The George Mason University Vision Series sheds light on the real world research and creativity that takes place every day on Mason’s distributed campus. By offering a chance to share the frontiers of scholarship in an accessible style from practitioners across a broad spectrum of work, the series inspires lively discussion among students, faculty, staff, and the wider reaches of the community.
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Mason's University News covered the event in this article.