Women and conflict
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Women and conflict
(Oxfam focus on gender, 2)
Oxfam, c1993
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In situations of war or violent conflict, all civilians suffer. However, there are many specific, gender-related human rights issues which organizations involved in relief, development, and emergency work in conflict situations need to address. This book concentrates on gender issues in situations of military and civil strife, and examines the effects of armed conflict on women's lives and the appalling situation of many women refugees and displaced. But other aspects of conflict and exploitation which confront women are also examined: violence in the domestic spheres, the daily infringement of their basic rights, the threat or experience of sexual abuse, the increased stress and workload for women which result from cuts in state services. However, women are not passive victims, and many of the articles in this issue show how they are in the forefront of work for change, peace, security, and equitable gender relations - essential to the reduction of conflict at all levels.
Table of Contents
- Editorial
- Helen O' Connell
- Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance
- Judy El Bushra and Eugenia Piza-Lopez
- Conflict and the women of Chad
- Achta Djibrine Sy
- Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan
- Fiona McLachan
- Working on gender in conflict situations: some ideas on strategy
- Judy El Bushra and Eugenia Piza-Lopez
- Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses
- Tina Wallace
- Working with women refugees in easter Sri Lanke
- Nalini Kasynathan
- The psyco-social effects of 'La Violencia' on widows of El Quiche, Guatemala
- Judith Zur
- 'Clutching at a knifeblade:' human rights and development from Asian women's perspective
- Nelia Sancho-Liao
- Domestic violence as a development issue
- Ruth Jacobson
- Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil
- Anti-Slavery International
- Colombian women prisoners in Britain
- Jo Fisher
- Interview with Sochua Mu Leiper, Director of Khemara
- Letters to the Editor
- News from GADU
- Resource - Book Review and Further reading.
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