Synopsis
In situations of war or violent conflict, all civilians suffer. However, there are many specific, gender-related human rights issues which organizations involved in relief, development, and emergency work in conflict situations need to address. This book concentrates on gender issues in situations of military and civil strife, and examines the effects of armed conflict on women's lives and the appalling situation of many women refugees and displaced. But other aspects of conflict and exploitation which confront women are also examined: violence in the domestic spheres, the daily infringement of their basic rights, the threat or experience of sexual abuse, the increased stress and workload for women which result from cuts in state services. However, women are not passive victims, and many of the articles in this issue show how they are in the forefront of work for change, peace, security, and equitable gender relations - essential to the reduction of conflict at all levels.
Table of Contents
Editorial
Helen O' Connell
Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance
Judy El Bushra and Eugenia Piza-Lopez
Conflict and the women of Chad
Achta Djibrine Sy
Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan
Fiona McLachan
Working on gender in conflict situations: some ideas on strategy
Judy El Bushra and Eugenia Piza-Lopez
Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses
Tina Wallace
Working with women refugees in easter Sri Lanke
Nalini Kasynathan
The psyco-social effects of 'La Violencia' on widows of El Quiche, Guatemala
Judith Zur
'Clutching at a knifeblade:' human rights and development from Asian women's perspective
Nelia Sancho-Liao
Domestic violence as a development issue
Ruth Jacobson
Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil
Anti-Slavery International
Colombian women prisoners in Britain
Jo Fisher
Interview with Sochua Mu Leiper, Director of Khemara
Letters to the Editor
News from GADU
Resource - Book Review and Further reading.
