Women, war, and violence : topography, resistance, and hope / Mariam M. Kurtz and Lester R. Kurtz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurtz, Mariam M.

Kurtz, Lester R.

Series:

Praeger security international (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and war.

Rape as a weapon of war.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Abused women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (722 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Praeger, 2015-

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"This set of original articles probes the breadth of vital issues surrounding the impact of war and violence on women globally--and examines what is being done to mitigate their effects"-- Provided by publisher.

"This title examines sexual assaults, rape, discrimination, femicide, wife battering, and maternal mortality of women"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Women, War, and Violence; Volume I; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Women, War, and Violence; The Topography; Resistance and Hope; Presenting a Kaleidoscope; Bibliography; 2. Gender and Conflict: What Do We Know; Introduction; What is Gender?; Gender and Violence; Gender and Domestic Violence; Honor-Based Violence and Forced Marriage; Gender-Based Violence in Egypt and the Arab Spring; Sex Tourism and Human Trafficking; Combatants and Child Soldiers; Rape and War; Gender, Roles, and Peace Efforts; Gender Empowerment; Discussion; Bibliography

3. Gendering Vulnerability: Are Women Victims of Systemic ViolenceGendering Vulnerability to Structural and Cultural Violence; The Culture of Violence and Gender Repression; Women as Agents of Change: Structural Transformation; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Women, War, and Violence: Some Holistic Points; Rank Equilibrium, Concordance; Rank Disequilibrium, Discordance; Women as a Source Of Disequilibrium and as a Source Of Peace?; The Struggle Against War and for Peace; Conclusion; 5. Structural Violence against Women; The Concept of Structural Violence

Conflict StudiesHuman Rights; Medicine and Public Health; The Military and Militarization; Structural Interventions; Structural Violence Against Women: the Reality, the Concept, and Where We Go from Here; Bibliography; 6. International Violence against Women: Prevalence, Outcomes, and Prevention; Introduction; Global Violence Against Women: Prevalence; Prevalence and Factors of Intimate Partner Violence; Prevalence and Factors of Nonpartner Sexual Violence; Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Nonpartner Sexual Violence; Global Violence Against Women: Effects on Girls and Women

Physical HealthMental Health; Sexual and Reproductive Health; Global Violence Against Women: Interventions; The Social Service Approach; The Criminal Justice Approach; The Public Health Approach; Preventive Approaches; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 7. Women or Weapons: The Militarist Sexist Symbiosis; Introduction; The State System: an Arms-Addicted Patriarchy Versus a Human Security Partnership; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; Bibliography; 8. Gender, War, and the Search for Peaceful Coexistence; Introduction; Why has War Flourished?; Domination and Cultural Violence; Gender in Context

Nature and NurtureThe Persistent Myth of War and Human Nature; The Meeting of the Ways: The "Responsibility to Protect"; An Alternative Model of Power; Beyond Gender to the Human Spirit; Bibliography; 9. Are Women the Peacemakers? Are Men the Warmakers? Exploring the Intersection of Gender and Militarization; Introduction to the Links Between Gender and Militarization of Lives; Pink and Blue Camouflage: Socialization into Militarism; Theory on the Biological or Cultural Answers to Whether BoysAre More Violent and Better Soldiers; Are We Somewhere in Between? Does It Matter for Peacemaking?

Is Gender Analysis of Social Violence Enough?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798216037743

9798216167259

9781786844446

1786844443

9781440828812

1440828814

OCLC:

1450215124

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798216037743 doi