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A 20 page research paper that explores how and why the women in Ireland and Israel combine to resolve ethnic conflict through peacemaking activities. The writer focuses on the effects of civil war on the women's experience in those countries, and argues that it is 'war at the door' that has spurred these women to quickly change their lives around and generated the lessons that can be learned by world political leaders in resolving civil wars. Bibliography lists 26 sources.
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down her door or open it and walk in triumphantly. She has already lost a son to the fighting, and her husband is now defending the town, more from
fear than conviction. Although part of her believes it necessary, she resents the war for the loss of her son, making her afraid for her other children, and for
making her the outlet for her husbands anger and depression. Her elder son is fighting with him now, and her eldest daughter is operating with a resistance group in
a neighboring town. Madeleine gathers her younger children and bastard grandchild around her, and quietly tells them to take water, food and clothing to the cellar. She knows
that a determined soldier would find them, but if they are lucky, they might survive the day. Much is devoted in literature and in history books
to the honor and trauma of war in respect to its male participants. However, strong arguments have been made that women suffer the most from war. During times
of war, it has been recorded that entire villages of women and children have been wiped out. Considered the spoils of war for millennia, women and girls are generally
tortured in a sexual manner before being killed outright or dying from the savagery inflicted upon them (Anonymous, 1996; Murray, 1996, p. 119). Women also suffer from the long-term
effects of war: loss of family, loss of dignity and status, and the abuses that can result from post-traumatic war syndrome or general frustration and helplessness experienced by family
warriors. With a full history of war behind us and resistance by strong women in areas of ethnic conflict, many have come to believe they are
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