Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone : : Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development /

Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone : : Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development / / Megan H. MacKenzie.

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
MacKenzie, Megan H.,
MitwirkendeR:
Sylvester, Christine,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Gender and Political Violence ; 3
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword. The New Feminist International Relations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The History of Sex, Order, and Conflict in Sierra Leone
  • 3. Defining Soldiers
  • 4. Empowerment Boom or Bust?
  • 5. Securitization and Desecuritization
  • 6. Securitizing Sex?
  • 7. Loving Your Enemy
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • index
  • About the Author

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