On the frontlines
Subtitle: gender, war, and the post-conflict process
By: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Dina Francesca Haynes, Naomi Cahn
Contributors: Haynes, Dina Francesca; Cahn, Naomi R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780195396645; 9780195396652
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Violence against; Women and peace; Women and war; Women's rights; Postwar reconstruction; Women
Description: Today, in a variety of post-conflict settings international advocates for women's rights have focused on bringing issues of sexual violence, discrimination and exclusion into peace-making processes. 'On the Frontlines' consider such policies and assess the extent to which they have had success in improving women's lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before, during and after conflict, the connections for women; title: Gender, and the forms, and experiences of conflict; title: The significance of security : realizing peace; title: Engendering international intervention; title: Peacekeeping; title: Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs (DDR); title: International and local criminal accountability for gendered violence; title: Remedies; title: Law reform, constitutional design, and gender; title: Gender and governance; title: Development infrastructure : economics, health, and education.