Young female fighters in African wars : conflict and its consequences / Chris Coulter, Mariam Persson and Mats Utas

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Policy dialogue (The Nordic Africa Institute) ; 3Publication details: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2008Description: 51 p. 21 cmISBN:
  • 9789171066275
Subject(s): Online resources:
Partial contents:
Women and war -- Female fighters : disarmament and demobilization -- Surviving peace
Summary: In the numerous armed conflicts that are tearing the African continent apart, young women are participants and carry guns alongside their male comrades-in-arms. Challenging the stereotype of women in African wars as victims only, this issue of the Nordic Africa Institute Policy Dialogues shows how in modern African wars women have often been as active as men. Female fighters are victimized, yet they are not mere victims. Girls and young women who volunteer to fight often possess quite considerable strength and independence. Programmes for disarming, demobilizing, and reintegrating former fighters must be based on better understanding of the range of women's roles and experiences in war and post-war settings in order to act in a gender-sensitive way and to empower this group of women in the aftermath of war
Item type: report
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
SIPRI Library and Documentation 327ser Nordiska Available G11/1030

Women and war -- Female fighters : disarmament and demobilization -- Surviving peace

In the numerous armed conflicts that are tearing the African continent apart, young women are participants and carry guns alongside their male comrades-in-arms. Challenging the stereotype of women in African wars as victims only, this issue of the Nordic Africa Institute Policy Dialogues shows how in modern African wars women have often been as active as men. Female fighters are victimized, yet they are not mere victims. Girls and young women who volunteer to fight often possess quite considerable strength and independence. Programmes for disarming, demobilizing, and reintegrating former fighters must be based on better understanding of the range of women's roles and experiences in war and post-war settings in order to act in a gender-sensitive way and to empower this group of women in the aftermath of war

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.