Introduction: Forgone opportunities : the marginalization of women's contributions to post-conflict peacebuilding / Albrecht Schnabel and Anara Tabyshalieva ; Frameworks for understanding women as victims and peacebuilders / Lisa Schirch -- pt. 1. From victimhood to empowerment : patterns and changes: Mass crimes and resilience of women : a cross-national perspective / Krishna Kumar ; Victimization, empowerment and the impact of UN peacekeeping missions on women and children : lessons from Cambodia and Timor-Leste / Sumie Nakaya ; Frontline peacebuilding : women's reconstruction initiatives in Burundi / Rose M. Kadende-Kaiser -- pt. 2. Women and children : essential partnership of survival and peace: Women and children in the post-cold war Balkans : concerns and responses / Constantine P. Danopoulos, Konstantinos S. Skandalis, and Zlatko Isakovic ; Emerging from poverty as champions of change : women and children in post-war Tajikistan / Svetlana Sharipova and Hermine De Soto ; Young mothers as agents of peacebuilding : lessons from an early childcare and development project in Macedonia / Deborah Davis -- pt. 3. Putting good intentions into practice : national and global efforts to right past wrongs ; Gender and transitional justice : experiences from South Africa, Rwanda and Sierra Leone / Lyn S. Graybill ; Empowering women to promote peace and security : from the global to the local : securing and implementing UN Security Council resolution 1325 / Ancil Adrian-Paul -- pt. 4. Deconstructing victimhood : women in political and security institutions: State-building or survival in post-conflict and conflict situations? A peacebuilding perspective on Palestinian women's contributions to ending the Israeli occupation / Vanessa Farr ; Women's participation in political decision-making and recovery processes in post-conflict Lebanon / Kari H. Karamé ; Combating stereotypes : female security personnel in post-conflict contexts / Kristin Valasek -- Conclusion: Defying victimhood : women as activists and peacebuilders / Anara Tabyshalieva and Albrecht Schnabel.

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