Plight and fate of women during and following genocide
By: Samuel Totten.
Series: Genocide: A critical bibliographic review, v. 7
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781412808279
Subjects: Genocide; Women -- Crimes against; Crimes against humanity -- History -- 20th century; Crimes against humanity -- History -- 21st century
Description: "The plight and fate of female victims during the course of genocide is radically and profoundly different from their male counterparts. Like males, female victims suffer demonization, ostracism, discrimination, and deprivation of their basic human rights. They are often rounded up, deported, and killed. But, unlike most men, women are subjected to rape, gang rape, and mass rape. Such assaults and degradation can, and often do, result in horrible injuries to their reproductive systems and unwanted pregnancies. This volume takes one stride towards assessing these grievances, and argues against policies calculated to continue such indifference to great human suffering. The horror and pain suffered by females does not end with the act of rape. There is always the fear, and reality, of being infected with HIV/AIDS. Concomitantly, there is the possibility of becoming pregnant. Then, there is the birth of the babies. For some, the very sight of the babies and children reminds mothers of the horrific violations they suffered. When mothers harbor deep-seated hatred or disdain for such children, it results in more misery. The hatred may be so great that children born of rape leave home early in order to fend for themselves on the street. This seventh volume in the Genocide series will provoke debate, discussion, reflection and, ultimately, action. The issues presented include ongoing mass rape of girls and women during periods of war and genocide, ostracism of female victims, terrible psychological and physical wounds, the plight of offspring resulting from rapes, and the critical need for medical and psychological services."--p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Women and the Armenian genocide : the victim, the living martyr / Rubina; title: Permooian; title: Women and the Holocaust / Helene J. Sinnreich; title: The Bangladesh genocide : the plight of women / Angela Debnath; title: Death, shattered families, and living as widows in Cambodia / Judy Ledgerwood; title: The crisis in the former Yugoslavia and its impact on the lives of women and girls / Ivana Macek; title: The plight and fate of female victims during and following the Rwandan; title: Genocide / Samuel Totten; title: Genocide in Darfur : the mass rape of black African girls and women / Samuel; title: Totten; title: Rape and genocide / Fran Pilch; title: The evolution of gender crimes in international law / Nicole Hallett; title: Prosecution of gender-based acts of genocide under international law / Valerie Oosterveld; title: The post-genocidal period and its impact on women / Tazreena Sajjad.