We argue that women’s societal positions are aspects of social capital that make women agents of “everyday peace” who mobilise to aid informal peacebuilding efforts in the community. Although the women studied were not well organised and did not have much formal education, they were able to contribute to peace in their community by creating and using informal social networks/bonds. The results show that women in the informal sector draw on bonding and bridging social capital to improve peacebuilding processes in their community. Twenty women and four men were purposively selected and interviewed. This study examines how local women help build everyday peace in their community through informal means. Many studies and peacebuilders have neglected the critical role played by women in the informal sector in peacebuilding, especially at the local level. In peacebuilding, women are often considered victims and passive targets for aid, rather than contributors to the process. This study examines market women’s participation in peacebuilding in the Ekumfi-Narkwa community in the Central Region of Ghana.
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