ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the general relationships between feminism and peacemaking in the US from the 1940s. By the 1960s, in the US, a newer brand of feminism challenged the link between women's values and pacifism. Seeking emancipation through rights and economic equality, Second-Wave Feminism moved from the suffragette issues of voting rights and peacemaking to broader issues of sexuality, economic equality, and redefining women's roles in the family. Increased reports of rape as a weapon of ethnic cleansing and the growing awareness of domestic violence towards women has continued to move feminists away from pacifism and toward a more radical form of self-protection and political action. After extensive lobbying efforts by The United Nations Development Fund for Women, and the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, the UN Security Council unanimously passed UNSCR 1325 in October of 2000.
