Women Peacemaking

Achieving peace required that all men and all nations move in the “direction of compassionate tending to citizens.” Addams maintained that as men and nations eneed to the needs of citizens the possibility of war become more remote, Addams understanding of peace was deeply rooted in her sense of optimism about human beings. Addams believed”human beings are more similar that they are different and what unites is stronger than what divides. Given these news, she maintained “war is not a natural activity for mankind” and that it was abnormal for men to fight against each other. The process of coming together into friendly relationships is at the heart of

He is no longer a colleague, neighbor, or community member, but a juvenile delinquent, felon, offender, neglectful parent, or abusive spouse” (Connors, 2016, p. 25). In this way, “peacemaking offers an alternative to the limitations of the adversarial system by recognizing the importance of relationships. An understanding of the effect of the problem on all parties leads to meaningful demonstration of responsibility and accountability for harmful acts” (Connors, 2016, p. 26). Peacemaking allows for voices to be heard, feelings to be shared and thoughts to be pondered. This process encourages respect, compassion and empathy between all parties involved and also caters to the

Born in October 24, 1830 on a farm in Royalton, New York. Belva Lockwood was active in the women’s rights and peace movements. She is known as the first women to argue a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Lockwood’s first husband died while she was 22 years old and was left to take care of her daughter, Lura. To support her and her daughter Lockwood became a teacher. Meanwhile she was improving her education. Lockwood graduated from Genessee College (Which later became Syracuse University) in 1857 with a bachelor’s degree in science. Lockwood then moved to Washington D.C., where she became part of the fight for equal rights for women. At that time women earned less money than men at the same job. She lobbied for a bill that

Having Judi Addelston come and talk about her class, “The Psychology of Peace,” was really impacting and inspirational. Ms. Addelston introduced her class by going over the overview and subjects discussed throughout the semester. The goal of this class is to study the causes of violence as well as solutions to peace. When studying the Psychology of Peace it is key to study the three roots of social, personality, and humanistic psychology. If we can study the three roots of peace psychology maybe we can get a better grasp of what peace means and the steps we should take to promote it.

The article A Peaceful Women Explains Why she carries a Gun, was excellent. The struggles an everyday women goes through can become a huge deal that most females do not think about until they are stuck in the middle. Hasselstrom was very successful in making her argument, she gave detailed explanations, while also providing information for other females.

The Washington Examiner, a politically focused magazine, published a republican oriented editorial titled “A Democrat’s War on Women,” which details how democrats are doing an injustice to women by supporting the Clintons. The editorial claims that the Clinton’s are “sex apologists”-- people who discredit those who claim they have been raped. Although Bill Clinton was involved in a sex scandal, the case is obsolete and rape accusations against him were never proven. Bill Clinton’s past sex scandal should not be used as a reflection of Hillary Clinton and the democratic party as a whole.

The book, “A Woman among Warlords” is an autobiography written by Human Rights Activist, Malalai Joya. As a child who grew up in refugee camps where safety was not always an option, Malalai was surrounded by the knowledge of the worst sides of humanity. Her father was unable to be a part of her life for her early years because he was often on the run, imprisoned, or working very hard. As a result, much of her life was cultivated by her mother. But her mother did everything in her power to make sure that her children were never ignorant of life or education.

The impact from using the term gender rather than sex when talking about biological and international approaches has been put under a lot of scrutiny throughout the years, and has left an impact on the outlook of women. Most social scientists would agree that gender has an great impact on political behavior, but are much less sure about “sex”. This is what some theorists call an essential approach to understanding the impact of ones gender or sex on their politics. The vital question though is whether violent conflicts come from male leadership and is considered a male concern?

A recent addition to the study of international relations is the idea of gender and the difference it may have on political beliefs and actions. The argument is rooted in the concept that women are not as prone to violence and war as men, and therefore would lead the world in a more peaceful direction than it is currently going. To make this assumption, one would have to suppose that there are fundamental biological differences between men and women and that these differences result in behavioral variations as well. This is exactly what Francis Fukuyama does in his article "Women and the Evolution of World Politics" in the Taking Sides text. For the counter side of

This essay will focus on how theorists of peace and conflict have analysed the conflict in recent history. Especially, the peace process after the first Palestinian intifada and the 1993 Oslo-agreements will be analysed. In addition, this essay will shed light on the involvement of the United States in the

Investment of ladies in the UN peacekeeping operations, as one of vital precondition for their successful and effective usage has gotten to be all the more generally acknowledged just amid the recent years. In spite of the fact that, ladies ' commitment in the peacekeeping operations are multifaceted (the level of security among the neighborhood ladies build, the trust of the nearby group in the mission develops, the contact with the female populace is less demanding to build, and so forth.), the rate of ladies who take an interest in these operations is at the low level, particularly with regards to police and military troops. The best deterrents to higher association of ladies in peacekeeping operations are in the way that there

Through this written piece of work, I want to examine the ways in which the dominant ideas of gender and war, from a Feminist perspective. I will be contributing an understanding to the role of the Kurdish female fighters in the field of war and politics, that have broken the taboos of gender roles within the community, and the national movement. The concept of gender, war, and conflict has lightened the issue of women in war. The image of war is associated to masculinity, and in many cases women are not welcomes in the field of war, as “she is exposed as a victim of war by drawing the idea of women being helpless (Sjoberg, 2014, p. 10).” Laura Sjoberg; Gender, War, and Conflict, states that “war-making and war-fighting have been traditionally

It works to create a positive peace through a transformation of conflict. In 1992, United Nations secretary General Boutros-Ghali released his report titled An Agenda for Peace. This document proposed peace building as “Action to identify and solidify peace in order to avoid relapse into conflict,” (Boutros-Ghali 11). While two sides are still in conflict, there is not a chance for communication between sides. Until violent conflict ceases, the two parties will continue to dehumanize one another and decrease the ability to understand one another. However, conflicts cannot always resolve themselves and outside intervention is sometimes needed to avoid a cycle of revenge, which can be a result. “The problem is a well-known bias in human perception, whereby we inflate the value of the wrongs we suffer, and minimize the value of those we ourselves inflict.” (Santa-Barbara 179). Luckily, there are nations such as Canada, with politicians like Lloyd Axworthy, who created the Canadian peace building initiative in 1996. “The initiative suggested a concern for the multidimensional and integrated causes of civil war and thus acknowledged the need to address the economic, social, and political aspects of reconstruction and reconciliation” (Keating 171).

My topic of World Peace began to develop as I felt the need to address the idea of World Peace. In addition, I selected this topic to confirm that the idea was impossible to achieve. Through a long period of research, I began to learn about World Peace. As I was studying the topic, I was lead to many websites and articles to support my claim, a possible way to achieve World peace was nonchalant. Scholarly articles, written news stories, and credible websites assisted me in learning more about the possible conflicts that can prevent this idea from becoming true. I learned how many of the

The National Action Plan is divide into a 5-part system to express the overall goals the plan was intended to complete and improve lives of women and children around the world. The purpose of The National Action Plan is to; integrate and institutionalize a gendered approach to peace and security, promote women’s participation in peace processes and decision-making, strengthen protection of women and children from harm, discrimination, and abuse, promote women’s roles in conflict prevention, and address the distinct needs of women and children in disaster and crisis response (USAID, 2012).