Female soldiers in Sierra Leone : sex, security, and post-conflict development /

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"The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal--it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped to create a general picture of women and girls as victims...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacKenzie, Megan H. (Megan Hazel) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Colección:Gender and political violence series.
Temas:
1991-2002
Women soldiers > Sierra Leone.
Sex role > Sierra Leone.
Postwar reconstruction > Sierra Leone.
Rape as a weapon of war > Sierra Leone.
Women > Sierra Leone > History > Civil War, 1991-2002.
Femmes militaires > Sierra Leone.
Rôle selon le sexe > Sierra Leone.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Sierra Leone.
Viol comme arme de guerre > Sierra Leone.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Military participation > Female
Postwar reconstruction
Rape as a weapon of war
Sex role
Women
Women soldiers
Sierra Leone > History > Civil War, 1991-2002 > Participation, Female.
Sierra Leone > Histoire > 1991-2002 (Guerre civile) > Participation des femmes.
Sierra Leone
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The new feminist international relations / Christine Sylvester
  • Introduction: Conjugal order and insecurity post-conflict
  • The history of sex, order, and conflict in Sierra Leone
  • Defining soldiers
  • Empowerment boom or bust? Assessing women's post-armed conflict empowerment initiatives
  • Securitization and desecuritization: female soldiers and the reconstruction of women
  • Securitizing sex? Rethinking wartime sexual violence
  • Loving your enemy: rape, sex, childbirth, and politics post-armed conflict
  • Conclusion: Displacing war mythology and developmental logic.

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