Similarly, ECA plans to build and strengthen our partnerships with both domestic and international media to promote peace-building in the context of economic development. Under this plan, ECA and its partners will also demonstrate ways in which new technologies can enhance existing broadcast facilities in a cost-effective manner. Allow me to be bold and visionary in my next statement. We can achieve peace if we consistently involve women in peace negotiations, peace-building, and peace management. Women are inherently peace makers, imbued with a style of negotiation and arbitration which includes open communications and a willingness to compromise for a peaceful co-existence.
Women rally for problem solving, if given the chance.
We can benefit from their positive socialization and their fresh perspective on decisions needed to bring about peace. In the last decade, a significant body of research shows consistently that women are less supportive of the use of military force than men. In a 1996 study of attitudes toward the Persian Gulf War, for example, women were significantly less likely than men to favor the initiation of armed hostilities, more emotionally distressed by the onset of conflict, and more likely to favor limits. We should support research that explores gender differences in interpretation of events leading to crises, the use of force, and strategies for creating stable peace. These are not lofty or unrealistic recommendations.