We will have our exams tomorrow in a different, bigger classroom.
Kindly proceed to room 3K 102, our exam will be from 3:15-4:30pm.
Good luck on your examinations!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Session 10 - Conflict, Peace and Security, Nov 12, 2008
I. Readings on Conflict, Peace and Security
Rob McRae, “Human Security in a Globalized World,” in Rob McRae and Don Hubert, eds., Human Security and the New Diplomacy: Protecting People, Promoting Peace, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001, pp. 14-27. (Hardcopy at 3K205).
Recommended:
Lotta Harbom, Stina Hogbladh and Peter Wallenstein, “Armed Conflicts and Peace Agreements,” Journal of Peace Research, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 617-631. (Hardcopy at 3K205).
II. Videos on Making Peace, Preventive Diplomacy and Human Security
1. Israel and Palestine: The Challenges of Making Peace (15min) - [How Stuff Works]
View video through this link.
2. Building Political Will for Conflict Resolution (11min) - [EastWest Institute]
View video through this link.
3. Human Security Research [ARCHS -Coventry University]
The Applied Research Centre into Human Security (ARCHS) looks at issues such as climate change, terrorism and sustainability.
4. David Held on Democracy and Human Security (May 07, 2007)
David Held discusses the challenges and misconceptions surrounding democracy promotion, and Canada`s position as a promoter of democratic governance.
David Held is the Graham Wallace Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.
III. Review Points
IV. Discussion Questions
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Session 9 - Women and War - Nov 5, 2008
I. Readings
Required:
Jennifer Turpin, “Many Faces: Women Confronting War,” in Ann Lorentzen and Jennifer Turpin, eds., The Women and War Reader, New York: New York University Press, 1998, pp. 3-18. (Hardcopy at 3K205).
Recommended:
April Carter, “Should Women Be Soldiers or Pacifists?” in Lorentzen and Turbin, pp. 33-37. (Hardcopy at 3K205).
II. Map of Democratic Republic of Congo
III. Women and War Videos
1. GI Janes in Combat - Band of Sisters
More female soldiers have died in Iraq than in the Vietnam and Korean Wars and Desert Storm combined. BAND OF SISTERS is a book that details the compelling stories and experiences of 12 extraordinary women fighting in the War on Terror.
2. Female Soldiers in Iraq
From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror, women have made endless contributions in the U.S. military. SSG David Baez reports from the front lines on the female's role in Iraq.
3. Women Fleeing War: Introduction (ICRC)
This film tells the story of several women displaced by conflict in Colombia, Liberia and Sudan. Although the contexts are different, the challenges these women face bear striking similarities.
Armed conflict displaces people from their homes and livelihoods. Women often have to cope with the loss of close relatives and find new way to support themselves and their families.
4. Lofo’s Story (ICRC)
Armed conflict displaces people from their homes and livelihoods. Women often have to cope with the loss of close relatives and find new way to support themselves and their families.
4. Lofo’s Story (ICRC)
This film tells the story of five women displaced by conflict in Colombia, Liberia and Sudan. Although the contexts are different, the challenges these women face bear striking similarities.
5. Fatuma’s Story (ICRC)
This film tells the story of five women displaced by conflict in Colombia, Liberia and Sudan. Although the contexts are different, the challenges these women face bear striking similarities.
6. Mariatu's Story (ICRC)
6. Mariatu's Story (ICRC)
Mariatu copes with disability: the result of a physical attack on her during war.
Eleven women tell their own individual stories of how their lives have been affected by war. Coping with displacement, physical and sexual violence, missing relatives, widowhood, detention... challenges and difficulties that these and thousands of other women must face in their daily lives.
7. Rape as a Weapon of War -June 24, 2008 (UNICEF)
Eleven women tell their own individual stories of how their lives have been affected by war. Coping with displacement, physical and sexual violence, missing relatives, widowhood, detention... challenges and difficulties that these and thousands of other women must face in their daily lives.
7. Rape as a Weapon of War -June 24, 2008 (UNICEF)
GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 June 2008 -- In a momentous step forward for the protection of women and girls in DRC and around the world, the UN Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war.
Resolution 1820, which passed last week, reiterates the status of sexual violence as a war crime, a crime against humanity, a form of torture and a constituent act of genocide. It also advances efforts to sanction perpetrators and raise the political, military and economic cost of such violence.
"Sexual violence in DRC is on a scale and brutality unparalleled elsewhere in the world," says Child Protection Specialist Pernille Ironside in UNICEF's eastern DRC regional office. "While rape certainly existed prior to the war, the brutal nature of the violations that we see is appalling -- with over 1,000 women and girls raped per month.
Resolution 1820, which passed last week, reiterates the status of sexual violence as a war crime, a crime against humanity, a form of torture and a constituent act of genocide. It also advances efforts to sanction perpetrators and raise the political, military and economic cost of such violence.
"Sexual violence in DRC is on a scale and brutality unparalleled elsewhere in the world," says Child Protection Specialist Pernille Ironside in UNICEF's eastern DRC regional office. "While rape certainly existed prior to the war, the brutal nature of the violations that we see is appalling -- with over 1,000 women and girls raped per month.
8. Four Million Dead, 200,000 Raped Daily in Congo (Democracy Now)
Amy Goodman interviews Christine Schuler Deschryver on Democracy Now, October 8, 2007 who describes the horrors of the ongoing war in Congo which by 2004 had claimed 4 million lives. The interview focuses on the extreme violence against women in Congo. Deschryver is associated with City of Joy, a project of Panzi Hospital in partnership with V-Day and Unicef. City of Joy will be a refuge for healed women, survivors of rape and torture who have been left without family and community. City of Joy will offer a safe haven, providing educational and income-generating opportunities, and support women in becoming the next leaders of the DRC.
9. Women in Congo- Weapon's of War (60 Minutes)
As seen on 60 Minutes: Women for Women International reports from DR Congo in concert with Anderson Cooper's piece for 60 Minutes, "War Against Women" featuring Women for Women International's program in the DR Congo. Also, please watch "The Greatest Silence" trailer and the film which features our Congo program as well.
10. Women, War and Development (Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria)
This video will discuss women, war and development with Zainab Salbi.
IV. Review Points
V. Discussion Questions
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