Name/TitleSpecial Appeal: Women Build Peace
About this objectSlim pamphlet or publication (not dated) titled 'Women Build Peace', produced by Peace Direct and appealing for donations and/or champions to help build peace in Kashmir. The publication contains information about the ongoing conflict in Kashmir, as well as work being done, such as creating Samanbals - centres where women "can come together on neutral ground to meet, work and heal." It also focuses on examples of women peace-builders in Kenya, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Somalia and Columbia.
MakerPeace Direct
Period2010s-2020s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesPeace Direct, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 280 x W: 208 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Keywordsfundraising
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association KeywordsGlobal (in)justice
Subject and Association Keywordswar & conflict
Subject and Association Keywordshuman rights, civil rights
Subject and Association Keywordsviolence against women, survivors
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_conflict:
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region. The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a dispute over the region that escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan and several other armed skirmishes. India controls approximately 55% of the land area of the region that includes Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, most of Ladakh, the Siachen Glacier, and 70% of its population; Pakistan controls approximately 30% of the land area that includes Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan; and China controls the remaining 15% of the land area that includes the Aksai Chin region, the mostly uninhabited Trans-Karakoram Tract, and part of the Demchok sector [continues] ... According to scholars, Indian forces have committed many human rights abuses and acts of terror against the Kashmiri civilian population, including extrajudicial killing, rape, torture, and enforced disappearances. According to Amnesty International, no member of the Indian military deployed in Jammu and Kashmir has been tried for human rights violations in a civilian court as of June 2015, although military courts-martial have been held. Amnesty International has also accused the Indian government of refusing to prosecute perpetrators of abuses in the region. Moreover, there have been instances of human rights abuses in Azad Kashmir, including but not limited to political repressions and forced disappearances. Brad Adams, the Asia director at Human Rights Watch said in 2006 "Although 'Azad' means 'free', the residents of Azad Kashmir are anything but free. The Pakistani authorities govern Azad Kashmir with strict controls on basic freedoms".[ The OHCHR reports on Kashmir released two reports on "the situation of human rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir"."
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePublication
Object numberGWL-2025-58
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