What is it about?
An action research project aimed to build peace in a peri-urban area in eastern South African that has had long histories of extreme violence. The project both revealed and developed the capacity of women to use their agency to push the community towards peaceful resolution of violent disputes.
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Why is it important?
Even when all combatants in a violent context are men, the role of women in building peace needs to be recognised and further developed.
Perspectives
My co-author grew up in this area of extreme community violence in which his own family were caught up. He returned to initiate an action research project, in which women, in a very patriarchal context, demonstrated their capacity for building peace.
Mr Crispin Michael Hemson
Durban University of Technology
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This page is a summary of: Conflict in Njobokazi, KwaZulu-Natal: Women as victims and as agents of change, Agenda, October 2023, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2328394.
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