What Women Do in Wartime

Gender and Conflict in Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

AvMeredeth Turshen,Clotilde Twagiramariya,Turshen,Meredeth Turshen,Clotilde Twagiramariya

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This is the first book to describe and analyze the experience of women in African civil wars. A mixture of reportage, testimony and scholarship, the book includes contributions from women in Chad, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan. The political context of these conflicts is outlined in an introduction to each chapter. The book profiles women's responses to war, as combatants as well as victims, and describes the groups women organize in the aftermath.Examining rape and other forms of gendered political violence in African civil wars, this extraordinary volume is also about women taking action for change. It is set to become required reading for students and academics of women's, peace and African studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-04-01
Mått140 x 216 x 11 mm
Vikt254 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781856495387

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1. What Women Do in War Time - Meredith Turshen2. South African Women Demand the Truth - Beth Goldblatt and Sheila Meintjes3. Women and Violence in KwaZulu-Natal - Ashnie Padarath4. Mozambican Women Experiencing Violence - Alcinda Antonio de Abreu5. Attack With a Friendly Weapon - Asma Abdel Halim6. 'Favours' to Give and 'Consenting' Victims: The Sexual Politics of Survival in Rwanda - Clotilde Twagiramariya and Meredith Turshen7. Women Denounce their Treatment in Chad - Women's Commission of the Human Rights League of Chad et al8. Hundreds of Victims Silently Grieving - Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) et al9. We Left Our Shoes Behind - Teckla Shikola10. The Militarization of Africa - Daniel Volman.

'This remarkable book should be compulsory reading for anyone wanting to understand more about conflict and its impact on women and society as a whole. Comprehensive, readable and well referenced.'Health and Policy Planning'The testimony provided in this book is vitally important. Turshen and Twagiramariya are to be commended for forcing the unthinkable into our awareness.'Review of African Political Economy'Describes and analyses the experience of women in African civil wars. The images which emerge are both powerful and disturbing. The book serves as an insistent testimony of the personal suffering, tragedy and degradation of warfare.'International Affairs'Provides a powerful delineation and analysis of women's experiences in civil wars, wars of liberation and their aftermath.'Agenda'An important and exciting contribution to the writing of women's narratives of war. It drives home the need to bring women into the decision-making process, be it for war-waging or sustainable peace-making.'Seminar