Åshild Kolås, PRIO Research Professor, has published two new books on Women, Peace and Security in India and Nepal.

Women, Peace and Security in Northeast India (2017) presents research on Northeast Indian women’s political agency and activism, for political change as well as conflict resolution.

Women, Peace and Security in Nepal: From Civil War to Post-Conflict Reconstruction(2017) sheds new light on the important but diverse roles of women in the civil war in Nepal, and the post- conflict reconstruction period.