How Women Function in War and Peace

December 22, 2011

Women, War & Peace (December 15, 2011)

Women, War & Peace is a five-part PBS mini-series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. The documentary series places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframes our understanding of modern warfare.

Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis, and Alfre Woodard, the series reveals how the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously, they are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.

Women, War & Peace was funded in part by the Open Society Foundations. The series cocreators took part in a recent panel discussion.

Listen above.

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