Gender in practice culture, politics and society in Sierra Leone / John Idriss Lahai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lahai, John Idriss.

Series:

Africa in development ; 1662-1212 volume 14.

Africa in development, 1662-1212 ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Sierra Leone--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Political activity--Sierra Leone.

Gender identity--Sierra Leone.

Gender identity.

Sex discrimination--Sierra Leone.

Sex discrimination.

Women--Political activity.

Women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Sierra Leone.

Physical Description:

xii, 274 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Berlin : Peter Lang, [2016]

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Understanding gender in Sierra Leone : discourse, practice and constructs

Rainforest belief systems and the making of gender identities

Gender inequality and the making of a civil war

Violent masculinity and the making of the warring factions

Gender hierarchies, roles and violence in the warring factions

Beyond the recognition of SGBV in the peace versus the justice debate : how women won the civil war

The aftermath : accountability for gender-based political and cultural violence

At war's end! Understanding the postcolonial question on queer sexuality

Socio-political change or resistance ? Religion, politics and the question of homosexuality

Women's agency and the institutionalisation of interventions against gender violence and discrimination against women

Acknowledging the past and present, and forging the way forward

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781906165772

1906165777

OCLC:

964456915

Publisher Number:

9781906165772

99971404391