This innovative collection emphasises the contribution of women to the resolution of conflicts through the creative means of nonviolent tools. It discusses their achievements and their tactics, drawing on Relational Cultural Theory as an important methodological tool in analysis of the work of many outstanding women from diverse countries such as Egypt, Bolivia, Palestine, Turkey, Colombia, Indonesia, Kashmir, Lebanon, and the USA. The focus of this volume is the impact of women successfully building peace though creative nonviolent means. It also provides a study of how, and why, gender...

This interdisciplinary volume examines intersecting journeys of women from around the globe on their pilgrimages to peace. It consists of twelve chapters that discuss theoretical and practical issues related to the study of peace. The focus of this volume is the successful movement from war to building peace through nonviolent means. It is a study of how and why contemporary tactics of a nonviolent approach have proved effective. International scholars from Ukraine, India, Lebanon, and the US, amongst others, explore the ways in which journeys towards peace have evolved amid the twenty-first...