Women meet in Boston to plan for peace, justice everywhere. ('Reaching Common Ground' conference on Northern Ireland) (Column)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: December 23, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Women have a huge investment in peace and order but are usually outside the systems they are trying to change, British House of Lords member Shirley Williams told a Boston conference, "Reaching Common Ground," Nov. 11-13.

While primarily focused on Northern Ireland issues, the women frequently addressed the wider issues of women struggling to organize against injustice, violence and sexism.

Williams, Harvard University professor of electoral politics and director of Project Liberty, which assists developing democracies in central and Eastern Europe, said: "Women are at ...

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