| Description |
xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Includes bibliographcial references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1 Contextual issues on gender, armed conflict and political violence: introduction, Caroline O.N. Moser, Fiona Clark; the gendered dynamics of armed conflict and political violence, Cynthia Cockburn; the gendered continuum of violence and conflict - an operational framework, Caroline O.N. Moser. Part 2 The politics of victimisation - sexual abuse and violence: the political economy of rape - an analysis of systematic rape and sexual abuse of women during armed conflict in Africa, Meredith Turshen; the body of the other man -sexual violence and construction of masculinity, sexuality and ethnicity in the Croatian media, Dubravka Zarkov. Part 3 Gender, power and agency: rethinking women struggle in Israel/Palletise and in the North of Ireland, Simona Sharoni; women and communal conflict - new challenges for the women's movement in India, Urvashi Butalia. Part 4 Women as actors in armed conflict and political violence: El Salvador - women and untold stories - women guerrillas, Ana Cristina Ibanez. Part 5 "Doing" and "being" - questions of identity in displacement: the nostalgic future -terror, displacement and gender in Colombia, Donny Meertens. Part 6 Agency and identity in building sustainable peace: social organisations - from victims to actors in peace building? Isabel Coral Cordero; the challenge to inequality - women, discrimination and decision-making in Northern Ireland, Marie Mulholland. Part 7 Gender and voice in truth and reconciliation: locked into loss and silence - testimonies of gender and violence at the South Africa Truth Commission, Antjie Krog. |
| Subject |
Political violence.
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Sex role.
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| Added Author |
Moser, Caroline O.N.
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Clark, Fiona.
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| ISBN |
1856498980 (pbk.) |
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