Women have traditionally been portrayed as extraneous to armed conflicts and peace building processes, due to their passive nature and believed lack of agency.
Conversely, the book advocates for quite the opposite.
Collecting contributions about Countries featuring extremely diverse legal contexts and past histories, the book wishes to prove that women might have a key role in peace processes.
Moreover, describing how women may take an active part in peace building process and in armed conflicts, even directly or indirectly perpetrating war crimes themselves, the book advocates for a critical approach, which rejects one way interpretations and gender stereotypes.
By way of examining emblematic cases on a global and country-specific approach, the book, therefore, offers insights on the status of women in international political affairs and on the concrete realization and ongoing challenges of the United Nations Security Council's Resolution No. 1325 of 2000 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS).

Marilisa D'Amico is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Milan, Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law, Vice-Rector for Legality, Transparency and Equality of Rights at the University of Milan. She teaches Constitutional Law, Constitutional Justice, and Women's Rights in the Constitutional State at the Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law, at the University of Milan. She is in charge of the Presidency of the inter-University Center "Culture di Genere", Scientific Coordinator of the Center "Migrazioni e Diritti umani", and of the Course of Specialization on gender-based violence and on public methods for promoting gender equality.

Tania Groppi is Professor of Public Law at the University of Siena, where she also teaches Comparative Law and Gender Equality Law. She directed national and international research projects on constitutional justice, constitutional democracy, dialogue between courts.

Costanza Nardocci, PhD, is Professor in Constitutional Law, Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law, University of Milan, Italy. She teaches "Gender Justice", "Women in Tech: New Frontiers of Gender-Related Rights and Artificial Intelligence", "Public constitutional Law", and "Human rights and Climate change".