What Women Do in Wartime
Gender and Conflict in Africa
What Women Do in Wartime
Gender and Conflict in Africa
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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.
Table of Contents
2. South African Women Demand the Truth - Beth Goldblatt and Sheila Meintjes
3. Women and Violence in KwaZulu-Natal - Ashnie Padarath
4. Mozambican Women Experiencing Violence - Alcinda Antonio de Abreu
5. Attack With a Friendly Weapon - Asma Abdel Halim
6. 'Favours' to Give and 'Consenting' Victims: The Sexual Politics of Survival in Rwanda - Clotilde Twagiramariya and Meredith Turshen
7. Women Denounce their Treatment in Chad - Women's Commission of the Human Rights League of Chad et al
8. Hundreds of Victims Silently Grieving - Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) et al
9. We Left Our Shoes Behind - Teckla Shikola
10. The Militarization of Africa - Daniel Volman.
Product details
| Published | Apr 01 1998 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781856495387 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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