Women: Africa's ignored combatants / Ernest Harsch.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Harsch, Ernest, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages)

Contained In:

Africa Renewal Vol. 19, no. 3, p. 17-20 19:3<17 2517-9829

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In many disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) initiatives around the world, "women combatants are often invisible and their needs are overlooked," UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has observed. While the participation of women in combat has been minimal in some of Africa's recent conflicts, in others, as in Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, women have taken part in significant numbers.

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