Garap, Sarah2004-09-102004-09-282011-01-052004-09-282011-01-05Garap, S. (2004). Kup women for peace: women taking action to build peace and influence community decision-making. SSGM Discussion Paper 2004/4. Canberra, ACT: ANU Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program Discussion paper no.1328-7854http://hdl.handle.net/1885/42058Women have played, and continue to play, a prominent and critical role in conflict resolution and peace-making processes in many different parts of the world. Women in the highlands of Papua New Guinea are no exception. Drawing on my experience as a founding member of Kup Women for Peace, I shall discuss the origins, character and progress of some recent womens initiatives in Simbu Province directed at stopping endemic tribal fighting and building the foundations of a just and sustainable peace. There are two overlapping dimensions: tribal fighting and violence directed against women and girls, which I call gendered violence.AusAID16 pages1171360 bytes359 bytesapplication/pdfen-AUAuthor/s retain copyrightThe permission is archived ERMS2230096gendered violenceconflict resolutionpeace-makingPapua New GuineaKWPKup Women for Peacetribal fightingwomenKup women for peace: women taking action to build peace and influence community decision-making200410.25911/5f200285d7183