Women waging war and peace : international perspectives of women's roles in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction / edited by Sandra I. Cheldelin and Maneshka Eliatamby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheldelin, Sandra, editor.

Eliatamby, Maneshka, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and peace.

Women and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays examine how women actively contribute not only to conflict, but also to peace and social change in diverse contexts around the world.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Chapter One: Overview and Introduction; Chapter Two: Victims of Rape and Gendercide: All Wars; Section I: Women Waging War; Chapter Three: Searching for Emancipation: Eritrea, Nepal, and Sri Lanka; Chapter Four: Dying for Identity: Chechnya and Sri Lanka; Chapter Five: Fighting Young: Liberia and Sierra Leone; Section II: Women Intervening in War; Chapter Six: Challenging Warfare: Sri Lanka; Chapter Seven: Building a Peace Network; Section III: Women Waging Peace.

Chapter Eight: Countering the Currents: Zimbabwe; Chapter Nine: Engendering Recovery: Rwanda; Chapter Ten: Rebuilding the Gulf: United States; Chapter Eleven: Conferencing Serious Crime: United States; Section IV: Women Sustaining Peace; Chapter Twelve: Promises of Justice: Uganda, Democratic Republic; Chapter Thirteen: Engaging Legislation: Liberia and Chechnya; Chapter Fourteen: Challenging Patriarchy: Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey; Chapter Fifteen: Organizing the Disenfranchised: Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Section V: Conclusion; Chapter Sixteen: Challenging the Dominant Narrative; Notes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441144935

1441144935

9781501301278

1501301276

9781441160218

1441160213

OCLC:

1097110480