Liberian women peacemakers : fighting for the right to be seen, heard and counted.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and peace--Liberia.

Women and peace.

Conflict management--Liberia.

Conflict management.

Women--Liberia--Social conditions.

Women.

History.

Social conditions.

Liberia--History--Civil War, 1989---Women.

Liberia.

Liberia--Social conditions--1980-.

Physical Description:

xx, 100 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2004]

Contents:

A brief history of Liberia and the Civil War

Peace-building activities

Women at the peace tables

Setbacks, successes and challenges

Steps toward lasting peace

Reconciliation and reconstruction initiatives

Regional peace initiatives

Women take to the streets again

Peace talks at last

War escalates and peace groups increase their pressure

August 21, 2003 : another step toward a new Liberia

Defining a national agenda for women

Postscript : learning from Liberian women

What if

Mary N. Brownell, president, Liberian Women's Initiative

Ruth Caesar, Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs

Dorothy Musuleng Cooper, educator, former foreign minister

Clara d'Almeida, entrepreneur

Tiawan Gongloe, legal counselor

Evelyn Kandakai, Minister of Education

Weade Kobbah-Wureh, former vice chair, council of state, transitional government

Theresa Leigh-Sherman, educator

Elizabeth Sele Mulbah, Executive Director, Christian Health Association of Liberia

Gloria M. Musu-Scott, Chief Justice

Martha G. Nagbe, farmer

Ruth Sando Perry, Chair, Council of State, transitional government

Marion Subah, nurse

Evelyn Townsend, senator

Massa A. Washington, journalist

Conmany B. Wesseh, Executive Director, Center for Democratic Empowerment.

Notes:

"A publication of the African Women and Peace Support Group."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100).

ISBN:

1592212514

1592212522

OCLC:

54356621