A RESEARCHER in Nottingham has shown that knitting clubs can help bring peace to former war zones.
The work by an expert at the University of Nottingham focused on how international aid agencies are sponsoring handicraft schemes run by women in countries including Bosnia and Liberia.
Dr Vanessa Pupavac, from the School of Politics and International Relations, has been studying the role of women as peace-keepers in former war zones, with a focus on Bosnia.
"In the last 20 years, international conflict management approaches have taken up the idea of women's peacekeeping role," said Dr Pupavac.
"International non-governmental organisations like International Alert have gender and peace-building programmes and lobbied governments to bring women into the peace processes."
The idea of women as peace-makers is not a new one and the term "peace weaver" traditionally refers to women who were married to bring enemy tribes together.
Dr Pupavac believes the metaphor of women as peace weavers is being translated into real practical programmes.
Dr Pupavac said: "Whether an Afghan Women's Sewing Initiative or Burmese Weaving for Women project, it is striking how many NGOs support women at the loom or needle."
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