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Dangerous women at the peace table

4th November 201619th December 2016

Laura Wise shows how women who negotiate peace deals are dangerous–not to the resolution of conflict but to the gendered history of war and diplomacy. Continue reading

Hazel Rennie

Peace and human rights campaigner, poet and much loved woman

31st October 201628th October 2016

Today we feature Jenny Engledow’s tribute to Hazel Rennie, poet and peace campaigner who went to jail four times for challenging war, violence and human rights abuses. Continue reading

Helen Steven, 1942-2016

A radical peace activist

21st June 201618th June 2016

Passionate for life: Helen Steven, a radical Scottish peace activist, in her own words and those of Kathy Galloway. Continue reading

The danger in peaceful protest: Women in Black - Princes Street, Edinburgh, UK.

The power of silence

Women in Black and the danger in peaceful protest

14th March 201615th March 2016

Since 2003, the Edinburgh chapter of international peace initiative Women in Black (WIB) have stood silent vigil from 1-2pm every Saturday without exception on Princes Street outside Register House. Here, the group explores the idea of danger in peaceful protest. Continue reading