Whilst most existing accounts of the Civil War in Lebanon either overlook the roles and experiences of women entirely or focus on women as victims or peacemakers only, ‘Women and the Lebanese Civil War’ highlights that women were involved as militants (and often also as fighters) in all of the militias partaking in the war.
Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert is an academic, NGO researcher and practitioner. Her work focuses on violent conflict, development and migration, with a focus on gender, faith and local actors. She has worked in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the USA.
Chapter 1: Women, war and political violence.- Chapter 2: Researching non-state political violence.- Chapter 3: Individual motivations.- Chapter 4: Organisational characteristics.- Chapter 5: Security context.- Chapter 6: Societal factors.- Chapter 7: Female fighters in the Lebanese civil war and beyond.- Appendix.- Index.
