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As tensions grow across the world, and as the terrible war in Ukraine continues into its second year, we face a dangerous and uncertain future. Women are often at the front line of suffering in modern war. Here we reprint an extract from Lindsey German's book How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women (Pluto) where she takes up some of these issues. Published in 2012, it remains highly relevant today.
Listen to members of Women In Black Armenia, Sona Hovakimyan and Arpi Balyan, who share their opinions and thoughts about the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war which began on September 27, 2020, and lasted 44 days. The war ended after three failed cease-fires on November 9, 2020, when Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed an agreement to end the military conflict.
This recording is the first of our Women in Black series, a powerful collection of testimonies from Women peace activists from across the globe.
Rebecca Mordan spoke with Sally Jackson prior to the FiLiA Conference in 2019 about her work and the amazing Greenham Women Everywhere project, which was shown at FiLiA in Bradford.
After graduating from Bristol Old Vic and working in film, theatre and television, Rebecca became disillusioned by the dearth of roles and opportunities for women.
A dynamic and enterprising artist, she created her own company Scary Little Girls to try and ‘level the playing field’, populating stories with fascinating, diverse female characters; and rescuing amazing women from the wastelands of history.
Rebecca has been intimately involved with every aspect of SLG, writing, directing, producing and performing to take the company from strength to strength. She is still also a grassroots campaigner against male violence and a frequent guest expert on BBC Radio and Sky News.
This podcast was regretfully very delayed in publication, but we hope listeners will enjoy the interesting conversation and support Rebecca’s important endeavours.
Saba Ismail has been advocating for women’s rights since she was a teenager, co-founding the organisation Aware Girls with her sister Gulalai. Gulalai’s work focuses on sexual violence in armed conflict, the dangers of radicalisation and the abuse of women: “We cannot have peace without gender equality, and without gender equality we cannot have peace. These two things are linked.” Because of this activism, the family has been attacked and Gulalai forced to flee Pakistan. Since Saba’s discussion with Sadia Hameed was recorded, Gulalai arrived safely to the United States although her family is still facing persecution in Pakistan.
