Peace and Women in the region China

By Christine Menz, PWAG Board Member, Switzerland

Peace, Women and the Everyday-academic conference in Hong Kong

From 26-27 May, 2007 an academic workshop on the topic “Peace, Women, and the Everyday: Across Borders, beyond War, and for Chang” took place at Lingnan University. The Workshop was organized by Professor Kin Chi Lau, PWAG board member and coordinator for Northeast Asia, and Dr. Chan Shun-hing form Hong Kong. Several professors and assistant professors attended the workshop and discussed about women, and human security and its significance in everyday life. The results were presented in form of strategic analyses of different case studies. All the speakers are researchers from universities in Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the USA. The different contributions from the conference and further researches will result in an academical book.

On 26 May 2007, Paul S. Lam Conference Centre, LU

On 27 May 2007, Loft Stage- Independent Culture Unit, Diamond Hill

Colours of Peace- Book with the biographies of the 108 PeaceWomen from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong

An important highlight of the workshop was the presentation of the book with the life stories of the 108 PeaceWomen from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The book was presented for the first time in the public, several Peacewomen from the region were present at the ceremonial. The book with the English title “Colours of Peace” is written in Mandarin and contributes to making the PeaceWomen of the region known and visible.

The book is the result of tireless work of Kin Chi, the coordinators of the region and the support and work of many young volunteers. If you are interested in the book, please contact Kin Chi Lau: laukc@ln.edu.hk

Two documentaries about PeaceWomen and their projects in China

Making Possible the Impossible: Peace, Women, Nobel Prize

Kin Chi Lau is the initiator, together with her very engaged and active coordinators, responsible for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, of a documentary film about the PWAG project and the PeaceWomen in this big region. The film with the title “Making Possible the Impossible: Peace, Women, Nobel Prize”, shows impressively how the project developed in the region and gives an insight into the different important events that were organized for promoting networking and visibility of the PeaceWomen in this region. Furthermore the film explains the importance and meaning of the project by portraying some of the 108 women.

Let the World See

Another documentary with the title “Let the World See” tells about the impressive and touching life stories of three very different women from China. The film has English subtitles and is very worthwhile watching!

Both films can be ordered from the secretariat.

I participated at the conference and the vernissage of the book and the films and talked about the meaning of peace, women and the everyday from the point of view of the worldwide project. I would like to thank the very active team in china for their big effort and tireless work. It is thanks to them that the project’s publicity and the recognition for the PeaceWomen and their work is constantly growing in China.