What women do in wartime : gender and conflict in Africa / edited by Meredeth Turshen & Clotilde Twagiramariya. - London ; New York : Zed Books, 1998. - xi, 180 p. : 1 map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index.

Women's war stories / Meredeth Turshen -- South African women demand the truth / Beth Goldblatt and Sheila Meintjes -- Women and violence in KwaZulu/Natal -- Ashnie Padarath -- Mozambican women experiencing violence / Alcinda António de Abreu -- Attack with a friendly weapon / Asma Abdel Halim -- 'Favours' to give and 'consenting' victims : the sexual politics of survival in Rwanda / Clotilde Twagiramariya and Meredeth Turshen -- Women denounce their treatment in Chad / Women's Commission of the Human Rights League of Chad & the editors -- Hundreds of victims silently grieving / Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) & the editors -- We left our shoes behind / Teckla Shikola -- The militarization of Africa / Daniel Volman.

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Women--Crimes against--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Women and war--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Women in war--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Women refugees--Crimes against--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

HV6250.4.W65 / W467 1998