Feminist Peace Network
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The Feminist Peace Network (FPN) advocates for the human rights of women and raises awareness about misogyny and the global pandemic of violence against women violence against women.
About
[edit]Feminist Peace Network (FPN) was started in 2001 by Lucinda Marshall.[1][2] The organization is based in Louisville.[3] FPN advocates and supports the active participation of women and the full reflection of women's needs in the process of conflict resolution and the creation of sustainable peace and examines many issues including education, health, economics, the environment and media from a gendered lens.[4]
During the Occupy movement, both Code Pink and FPN recruited women to get involved.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, Lucinda (March 2002). "Feminists Network for Peace". Off Our Backs. 32 (3): 12 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ "Lucinda Marshall". Women’s Media Center. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ Kenning, Chris (8 March 2005). "Women's Rally Supports Rights and More". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Feminist Peace Network". Canadian Women's Health Network. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ McCammon, Holly J.; Banaszak, Lee Ann (2018). 100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women's Political Activism. Oxford University Press. p. 342. ISBN 9780190265168.
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