The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation

AUTHORS
Ghada Al-Jadba, born in Gaza in 1968, married, three children, studied
medicine in Libya and in Gaza; she is director of six UNRWA Health canters
in the Gaza Strip.
Birgit Daiber has life-long experience in European policy and projectdevelopment,
and has been involved in women’s peace networks since
1990. She was the director of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s Brussels
Office from 2008 to 2012, and co-founder of the AAA Network in
Brussels.
Shukria Dini is a Somali-Canadian feminist and researcher who has
been researching on gender issues in war-torn Somalia for over ten
years. She holds a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies from York University, Toronto,
Cana da, and is the director and founder of Somalia Women’s Studies
Centre (SWSC).
Marlis Gensler is a social anthropologist and worked in development
cooperation and research before joining the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
in Brussels in 2009. She coordinated the project “The Contribution
of Women to Peace and Reconciliation”.
Lama Hourani was born in a Palestinian refugee family. She is a wom -
en’s rights activist and has been a member, since 2005, of the IWC, the
International Women’s Commission for a Just and Sustainable Israeli-
Palestinian Peace.
Molly Malekar, Born in Mumbai, India, to a Jewish family of the Benei
Israel community; lives in Jerusalem, Israel . B.A. in Middle East studies
and International Relations at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem , political
and feminist activist. Former director of Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center,
former director of Bat Shalom of the Jerusalem Link, Isra e li-Palestinan
Women’s Initiative for Peace. Founding member of the International Wom -
en’s Commission for Peace (IWC). Currently, Director of the Counsel ing
Center for Women, a feminist based therapy centre in Israel.
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