“…However, the analysis of the social mobilization and demobilization processes shows that identity shifts also lead to social change visible in the way those shifts become manifest in social structures. The formation of solidarity on gender demands during peace and conflict provides evidence of a change of symbolic boundaries; it shows a shift in awareness, political values, levels of commitment (McAdam, Tilly Tarrow, 2001, p. 26), and spaces of belonging (Fortier, 2000;Yuval-Davis 2011). Symbolic boundaries shape the way in which certain practices, roles, and power dynamics feel not only acceptable, but also normal.…”