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Women and conflict

edited by Helen O'Connell

(Oxfam focus on gender, 2)

Oxfam, c1993

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA27540625
  • ISBN
    • 0855982225
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 58 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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