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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153176803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Continuum International Pub. Group, , 2011

ISBN

1-4411-4493-5

1-5013-0127-6

1-4411-6021-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/6082

Soggetti

Women and peace

Women and war

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

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