One of the lectures I attended during African Studies Association Conference was : Women embracing creativity as a tool to combat violence and find healing. According to Sorensen,B (1998), naturally, women are creative, peacemakers, wise and good managers. Indeed if women embrace all these good values, there are so many ways they can use to combat violence.
In addition, I think the theory of healing and reconstruction should not be based only upon roads construction and other infrastructural services, but also on healing and reconstruction of the hearts of the oppressed. This is because conflict cause both physical damages and wound in hearts of so many citizens, those who are abducted, who loose the beloved ones, missed belongings or displaced.
However, this knowledge will gain importance in my community as I will try to meet with various women groups to a ware them of the prolonged conflict/violence and that we have a big role to play and so many ways to demonstrate our thirst for peace.
Friends, what do you think about this idea?
