Across history and continents, women writ large have transformed peace processes. In Liberia, they united as Christians and Muslims, demanding an end to a horrific 14-year war. They won, and so did Liberia. After being long excluded, women in Darfur were finally allowed into the room with male warlords who were haggling over a certain river. The women let them know that it had dried up years before; they, after all, fetched the water. In Northern Ireland, women created a Catholic and Protestant women’s political party to gain a seat at the negotiating table. Once there, they insisted their children be taught from the same textbooks, instead of learning conflicting histories perpetuating conflicting futures. And in Washington, DC, last fall, a bipartisan group of female senators broke political gridlock, reopening the federal government and saving the US from a first-ever default.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:41:39 +0000
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