Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone : Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development / Megan H. MacKenzie.
2012
UB419.S5 M33 2012
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Title
Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone : Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development / Megan H. MacKenzie.
Author
MacKenzie, Megan H., author.
ISBN
9780814771259
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814761373.001.0001 doi
Call Number
UB419.S5 M33 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.43355009664
Summary
The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002was incomprehensibly brutal-it is estimated that half of allfemale refugees were raped and many thousands were killed.While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped tocreate a general picture of women and girls as victims of theconflict, there has been little effort to understand female soldiers'involvement in, and experience of, the conflict. FemaleSoldiers in Sierra Leone draws on interviews with 75 formerfemale soldiers and over 20 local experts, providing a rareperspective on both the civil war and post-conflict developmentefforts in the country. Megan MacKenzie argues thatpost-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process,demonstrating that a clear recognition and understandingof the roles and experiences of female soldiers are centralto both understanding the conflict and to crafting effectivepolicy for the future.
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Sylvester, Christine, contributor.
Series
Gender and Political Violence ; ; 3
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword. The New Feminist International Relations
1. Introduction
2. The History of Sex, Order, and Conflict in Sierra Leone
3. Defining Soldiers
4. Empowerment Boom or Bust?
5. Securitization and Desecuritization
6. Securitizing Sex?
7. Loving Your Enemy
8. Conclusion
Notes
index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword. The New Feminist International Relations
1. Introduction
2. The History of Sex, Order, and Conflict in Sierra Leone
3. Defining Soldiers
4. Empowerment Boom or Bust?
5. Securitization and Desecuritization
6. Securitizing Sex?
7. Loving Your Enemy
8. Conclusion
Notes
index
About the Author