When the Word for Peacemaker was a Woman: War and Gender in the Former Yugoslavia
When the Word for Peacemaker was a Woman: War and Gender in the Former Yugoslavia

Author(s): Slobodan Drakulić, Sonja Liht
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Local History / Microhistory, Gender history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Summary/Abstract: Women were prominent within the anti-war movements and pacifist circles throughout history-even when the wars they opposed were widely considered holy, as in the Middle Ages.1 Closer to our time, there was a high presence of women in both 19th- and 20th-century pacifist and anti-war movements. Finally, the notable prevalence of women in peace movements on different sides involved in the Yugoslav War-in Belgrade, Zagreb and Sarajevo-was one of the more conspicuous features of this conflict.

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