Innocent women and children
Subtitle: gender, norms, and the protection of civilians
By: by R. Charli Carpenter.
Series: Gender in a global/local world
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: War -- Protection of civilians.; War victims -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Combatants and noncombatants (International law); Women and war.; Children and war.
Description: "This study examines the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected civilians. Although international law nominally protects all civilians, Carpenter argues that belligerents, human rights advocates and humanitarian players interpret civilian immunity so as to leave adult civilian men and older boys at grave risk in conflict zones. This ground-breaking study demonstrates how gender assumptions shape international politics, and develops a framework for incorporating gender into the often gender-blind scholarship on international norms. As such this book will be of interest both to international relations theorists and to human rights scholars, students and activists."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Gendered innocence : the concept of the civilian in international society; title: Implementing the civilian immunity norm; title: Advocating for civilians; title: Protecting civilians in conflict zones; title: Conclusion.