This book explores the gendered history of the Troubles the rise of the Northern Ireland
Women's Coalition and the role of community development as a new field in Northern Ireland.
Nearly twenty years after the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement that ended the Troubles in
Northern Ireland tensions persist and society is still deeply divided. The book addresses the
ways in which women navigate these tensions and contribute to peacebuilding through community
development described dismissively by many in Northern Ireland as the work of wee women. Women
navigate this gendered space to build peace strategically through Wee Women's Work. The author
focuses in particular on the Women's Sector and draws on feminist theory to examine the
distinction between formal and informal politics.
