Description
Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary collection examines women’s security threats stemming from conflict, environmental policy, and economic limitations, as well as the growing repertoire of grass-roots solutions women are creating, demanding, and sharing throughout the world to increase their security.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Women’s Voices: Perspectives on Violence, Environmental Threats, and Human Security (Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Richard A. Matthew, Tera Dornfeld, and Patricia A. Weitsman)
PART 1: CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
Chapter 2. Women, War, and Identity: Policies of Mass Rape in Bosnia and Rwanda (Patricia A. Weitsman)
Chapter 3. Women and Human Security: Women, Small Arms, and Light Weapons (Rachel Stohl)
Chapter 4. Feminism, Rape, and War: Engendering Suicide Terror? (Mia Bloom)
Chapter 5. Women, Human Security, and Countering Violent Extremism (Joana Cook)
Chapter 6. The Challenges for Gender Awareness in Civil-Military Operations (Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv)
Chapter 7. Fieldwork in the Land of Savages, Victims, and Saviors: Lessons from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Holly Dunn)
PART 2: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY
Chapter 8. The Tehri Dam Project in India: Impact on Women’s Household Food and Economic Security (Vandana Asthana)
Chapter 9. Reimagining Citizen Science for Women’s Human Security: Shifting Power with Critical Pedagogy and Feminist Perspectives (Tera Dornfeld and Nina M. Flores)
Chapter 10. Women Building Sustainable Communities: Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico (Martha Adriana Márquez-Salaices and Manuel Ángeles)
Chapter 11. Women and Financial Inclusion (Elissa McCarter LaBorde)
Chapter 12. Reflections and Looking Ahead (Richard A. Matthew, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, and Tera Dornfeld)
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