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“Women are good for revolutions, but historically, revolutions haven’t been so good for women.”
– Carla Power –
This Special Report examines the influence of gender dynamics on women’s contributions to nonviolent movements, and how women capitalize on these dynamics to create special opportunities for participation and tactical innovation. Funded by the United States Institute of Peace, the report is based on research and interviews, complemented by the author’s expertise in the intersection of gender and political instability.
From Argentina to Poland to Liberia and beyond, women have been leaders, spokespeople, and frontline activists in nonviolent struggles for peace and justice. But how women work in these struggles, and how they change them, has been little researched. That inattention has left women’s roles underestimated or ignored. On October 6, USIP released a Special Report on women’s roles in non-violent struggles. With the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) and the non-profit organization Just Vision, USIP gathered path-breaking activists, scholars, and filmmakers to examine how women’s participation—and the success of non-violent campaigns—can be strengthened.
