What Women Do in Wartime

What Women Do in Wartime
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Publisher : Zed Books
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X006069154
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Book Synopsis What Women Do in Wartime by : Meredeth Turshen

Download or read book What Women Do in Wartime written by Meredeth Turshen and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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