Women, War, and Violence [2 volumes] : Topography, Resistance, and Hope [2 volumes] /: Topography, Resistance, and Hope [2 volumes]. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mariam M. Kurtz, Lester R. Kurtz.
• Editors: Kurtz, Mariam M; Kurtz, Lester R
• Contents: Volume 1Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Women, War, and ViolenceMariam M. Kurtz and Lester R. Kurtz2. Gender and Conflict: What Do We Know?Sandra I. Cheldelin3. Gendering Vulnerability: Are Women Victims of Systemic Violence?Mariam M. Kurtz4. Women, War, and Violence: Some Holistic PointsJohan Galtung5. Structural Violence against WomenKathleen Maas Weigert6. International Violence against Women: Prevalence, Outcomes, and PreventionDanielle Dirks and Emily Troshynski7. Women or Weapons: The Militarist Sexist SymbiosisBetty A. Reardon8. Gender, War, and the Search for Peaceful CoexistenceDiana Francis9. Are Women the Peacemakers? Are Men the Warmakers? Exploring the Intersection of Gender and MilitarizationLynne M. Woehrle10. Violence against Immigrant WomenPilar Rodríguez Martínez11. Trafficking in Women: Dynamics, Debates, and DisconnectsMaryann Bylander12. Wartime Rape: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of CongoMariam M. Kurtz and Mwamini Thambwe Diggs13. Women's Roles in Everyday Armed Violence and Cease-Fire Pacts in a Caracas BarrioManuel Llorens, Verónica Zubillaga, and John Souto14. When Daughters Are Unwanted: Sex Determination Tests in IndiaMadhu Purnima Kishwar15. Banalization of Violence as a Self-Protection of the PsychismMiriam Gutiérrez-Otero16. Sharia Law and Its Implications for Women's Status and RightsSaira Yamin17. Lebanese Women's Nonviolence: Action and DiscourseRita Stephan and Nicole Khoury18. The Syrian Revolution as Lived and Led by Women ActivistsRajaa Altalli and Anne-Marie Codur19. Women and the Egyptian Revolution: A Dream Deferred?Althea M. Middleton-Detzner, Jillian M. Slutzker, Samuel F. Chapple-Sokol, and Sana A. Mahmood20. The Egyptian Revolution Empowers WomenMariam M. Kurtz21. Women in Combat: The Quest for Full InclusionMeredith Kleykamp and Molly Clever22. Spousal PTSD: Eradicating the Cycle of ViolenceJonathan EdmundsVolume 223. Preventing Violence against Women: Four StrategiesRiane Eisler24. Women in Civil ResistanceAnne-Marie Codur and Mary Elizabeth King25. Women and Civil Rights: A Personal ReflectionMary Elizabeth King26. UN Women: Holistic Global Advocacy to Address Violence against WomenErin M. Stephens27. Violence against WomenDorota Gierycz28. Establishing Rape as a Crime against Humanity: Innovations and Reactions from African NationsSusan F. Hirsch and Caroline Sarkis29. India's Anti-Rape Law Reform: The Need for a Surgeon's PrecisionMadhu Purnima Kishwar30. Women and Diplomacy: The Case for Inclusive SecuritySwanee Hunt and Deborah Cavin31. Fighting Violence against Women: A ToolkitLester R. Kurtz32. Trafficking in Human Beings: A Gender- and Rights-Based ApproachDorota Gierycz33. Patriarchy, Pedagogy, and Learning toward a Culture of PeaceBetty A. Reardon34. Human Rights Education: A Key to Eliminating Violence against Women in IndiaAnamika Gupta35. "Conduct Unbecoming": Prosecuting Sexual Assault in the MilitaryAshley M. Belyea36. Violence against the Environment: Women Taking ActionLeeanne E. Alonso, Shivani Bhalla, Alexis Bermudez, Mary K. Cline, Christina M. E. Ellis, Ana Liz Flores, Renée González Montagut, Martha M. Hurley, Rebecca Kormos, Patricia Moreno-Casasola, and Annette L. Tjon Sie FatAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (728 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- Women's Studies; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Politics & government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216167259
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