The contributors to this collection examine the impact of current and past wars on women and men, and on relations between them. They go on to argue that peace and reconstruction processes need to be founded on a vision of equality between the sexes, if a sustainable peace is to come about. The book includes the chaptors: Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation n post-war Nicaragua: Reconstruction fragile lives: girls' social reintegration in Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone: Post-conflict programmes for women lessons from the Kosovo Women's initiative: Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity: Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peace building and reconstruction: Gender, participation, and post-conflict planning in Northern Sri Lanka: The gender dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction: an analytical in framework for policymakers: Building capacity to resolve conflict in communities: Oxfam experience in Rwanda: Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat Harmony Project (India).