Women, War & Peace II

Synopsis

In a year when women are mobilizing and running for office in unprecedented numbers, see how some of the biggest international stories of recent memory are shaped by women. An all-female cast of directors present four never-before-told stories about the women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.

First Air Date: 2019-03-25

Last Air Date: 2019-03-26

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Networks: PBS

Top Cast

Naila Ayesh as Self

Seasons

Miniseries (2019)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs (2019-03-25)

Years of violent strife in Northern Ireland compel a group of Catholic and Protestant women to demand a seat at the negotiating table for the Good Friday Agreement—a deal that stands to this day.
Ep. 2: The Trials of Spring (2019-03-25)

In 2011 three Egyptian women fight for the goals of the popular movement: “bread, freedom and social justice” for all. Caught between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, the women soon find themselves being pushed backwards.
Ep. 3: Naila and the Uprising (2019-03-26)

In 1980s Gaza, student organizer and activist Naila Ayesh joins a secret network of women in a movement that brings together the disparate organizations protesting Israeli occupation - into the non-violent heart of the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
Ep. 4: A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers (2019-03-26)

160 Bangladeshi women form an all-female unit of a UN peacekeeping mission to Haiti following the devastating 2011 earthquake, where they confront extreme poverty and devastated healthcare systems.