Women, war, and violence : personal perspectives and global activism
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Women, war, and violence : personal perspectives and global activism
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
1st ed
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  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
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Inspired by a conference held at Northeastern University on the topic of Women, War, and Violence, editors Robin M. Chandler, Lihua Wang, and Linda K. Fuller bring together research and real-life stories from twenty-one international contributors who document gender involvement from victims to valiant in wartime and activism.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- C.Enloe Introduction: Life Blossoms in the Killing Fields
- R.M.Chandler PART I: UNDERSTANDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, REBUILDING PERSONAL SECURITY FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN, AND PEACE-BUILDING Not Making Excuses: Functions of Rape as a Tool in Ethno-nationalist Wars
- N.Zabeida Rethinking Rwanda: Rape of a Nation and the Women who Achieved Peace
- T.Rice Sexual Violence among Refugees and Asylum Seekers who Come to the United States
- L.Piwowarczyk Speaking with Post-war Liberia: Gender-based Violence Interventions for Girls and Women
- R.M.Chandler PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL RECONCILIATION, POLICY REFORM, AND POST-WAR EFFECTS ON WOMEN Challenging Hegemonic Understandings of Human Rights Violations in Truth Commission Processes through a Focus on Women's Experiences
- K.Gurd & R.Manjoo A Gendered Approach for Policy in United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
- C.Keaney-Mischel Sexual Violence during Conflict: The Role of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
- S.Cook Aftermath of U.S. Invasions: The Anguish of Women in Afghanistan and Iraq
- H.Imam PART III: MEDIA PRESENTATIONS Violence vs. Women: Media Wartime Representations
- L.K.Fuller PART IV: REFRAMING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FEMINISM WITH GLOBAL ETHNIC STRUGGLES Women and Peace in a Divided Society: Peace-building Potentials of Feminist Struggles and Reform Processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- A.Jenichen Peace is the Name of an Unborn Child in Turkey
- S.Cosar Reconstructing Women in Post-conflict in Rwanda
- L.Sjoberg PART V: CONFRONTING THE PATRIARCHY OF WAR AS WOMEN COMBATANTS AND NON-COMBATANTS Relationships of War: Mothers, Soldiers, Knowledge
- S.L.Gardiner & A.Reed Garner Gardiner Female Participation in the Iraqi Insurgency: Insights into Nationalist and Religious Warfare
- K.Cunningham Agency and Militarization in the Heartland: Non-combatant American Women
- M.Morkert
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