Women, War & Peace

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Soosan Khanoom
by Soosan Khanoom
04-Oct-2011
 

Women, War & Peace will premiere on PBS Tuesday nights from Oct. 11 to Nov. 8, 2011. It sounds great and I am looking forward to watch it. I certainly hope that this documentary is going to be as promising as it has been described.

About the Series



Women, War & Peace
is a bold new five-part PBS television series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. The vast majority of today’s conflicts are not fought by nation states and their armies, but rather by informal entities: gangs and warlords using small arms and improvised weapons. The series reveals how the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Yet they are simultaneously emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict. With depth and complexity, Women, War & Peace spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones from Bosnia to Afghanistan and Colombia to Liberia, placing women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security, and reframing our understanding of modern warfare.

Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard,Women, War & Peace is the most comprehensive global media initiative ever mounted on the roles of women in war and peace. The series will present its groundbreaking message across the globe by utilizing all forms of media, including U.S. and international primetime television, radio, print, web, and worldwide community screenings, and will be accompanied by an educational and outreach initiative designed to advance international accountability in regard to women and security.

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Sound Track: SHOW LOVE by Mary J. Blige

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WomenWar & Peace Trailer

SHOW LOVE
Don’t worry about
All those people talkin’Trippin’
Asking about what you wearing 
 Don’t worry about
The chick in the corner hatin’
Starin’
You know she’s always schemin’
Don’t worry about
Just keep on movin’
Provin’
This is what you doin’
Don’t worry about
For every person that doubts you
Clowns you
Bringing that negative energy around you 

Show love!
You gotta just keep breathin’
Be happy that your heart is beatin’ (show love)
Stop fightin’, just be easy
Cus it all could be gone
Show love!
You gotta just keep movin’
Don’t worry about what they doin’ (Show love!)
Keep doing what you doin’
Cuz it could all be gone

Don’t worry, show some love 
Don’t worry about
What people say to hurt you
If it don’t kill you it makes you stronger
Don’t worry about
Keeping’ up with the Jones’
It’ll only make your paper shorter
Don’t worry about
Just keep on movin’
Provin’
That you just won’t lose
Don’t worry about
Remember when one door closes
The one next door
Just might be open
Don’t worry about
Special plans
Make change
Gotta get away of all this pain
Don’t worry about
If you’ve seen enough bad days
So what is there left for me to explain 

You just need to learn to let our hair down (we need to learn to love somebody)
Something good as it goes around
Take full advantage of a sunny day 

 

Better hurry before the sky goes gray
There is so much to be livin’ for 

Drop that top and turn on the radio
And let your mind get free