User:Vernon39/Diana Francis (Peace activist)

Diana Francis, is a British Peace activist and scholar. She is a consultant working on conflict transformation with local activists in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

She is a former President of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and Chair of the Committee for Conflict Transformation Support.

Personal life
She was born in 1944. she is married to Nick Francis and has two grandchildren.

Education
In 1998, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Bath for a thesis "Respect in cross-cultural conflict resolution training", which lead to her first book, People, peace and power: conflict transformation in action. The work was done in the Centre for Action Research in professional practice.

Books

 * People, peace and power: conflict transformation in action, London, Pluto Press, 2002 ISBN 0-7453-1835-5 (paperback) ISBN 0-7453-1836-3 (hardback)
 * Rethinking war and peace, London and Ann Arbour, MI, Pluto Press, Pluto Press, 2004 ISBN 0-7453-2187-9 (paperback) ISBN 0-7453-2188-7 (hardback)
 * From Peacebuilding to Pacification: A Call to Global Transformation London and Ann Arbour, MI, Pluto Press (20 Mar 2010) ISBN 978-07453-3027-3 (hardback).

Articles

 * "Gender, war and conflict transformation" in Open Democracy, 22 February 2010

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