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1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations, map |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index. |
| Contents |
PART 1. WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF THE WAR -- Women's role in the pastoral economy / Rhoda M. Ibrahim -- Traditions of marriage and the household / Sadia Musse Ahmed -- War crimes against women and girls / Fowzia Musse -- PART 2. WOMEN'S RESPONSES TO THE WAR -- Section 1: Changing roles and responsibilities in the family -- Domestic conflict in the diaspora / Ladan Affi -- Crisis or opportunity? / Amina Mohamoud Warsame -- Section 2. Women mobilise for peace -- Women and peace-making in Somaliland / Zeynab Mohamed Hassan, Shukri Hariir Ismail, et al -- Women, clan identity and peace-building / Judith Gardner with Amina Mohamoud Warsame -- Women's roles in peace-making in the Somali community in north eastern Kenya / Dekha Ibrahim -- Section 3. Women's rights, leadership and political empowerment -- Post-war recovery and participation / compiled from information provided by Shukri Hariir and Zeynab Mohamed Hassan. |
| Summary |
Somalia came to the world's attention in 1992 when television and newspapers began to report on the terrifyingly violent war and the famine that resulted. Half a million Somalis died that year, and over a million fled the country. Cameras followed US troops as they landed on the beaches at Mogadishu to lead what became an ill-fated UN intervention to end hunger and restore peace. In this book, Somali women write and talk about the war, their experiences and the unacceptable choices they often faced. They explain clearly, in their own words, the changes, challenges - and sometimes the opportunities - that war brought, and how they coped with them. Key themes include the slaughter and loss of men, who were the prime target for killings; rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war; changing roles in the family and within the pastoralist economy; women mobilising for peace; and leading social recovery in a war-torn society. This book is not only an important record of women's experience of war, but also provides researchers and students of gender and conflict with rare first hand accounts highlighting the impact of war on gender relations, and women's struggle for equal political rights in a situation of state collapse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women -- Somalia.
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Women. |
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Somalia. |
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Women refugees -- Somalia.
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Women refugees. |
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Women and war -- Somalia.
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Women and war. |
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Women -- Crimes against -- Somalia.
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Women -- Crimes against. |
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Somalia -- History -- 1991-
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History. |
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1991- |
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Somalia -- Social conditions -- 1960-
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Social conditions. |
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1960- |
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Since 1960 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Gardner, Judith.
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El-Bushra, Judy.
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Catholic Institute for International Relations.
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| Added Title |
War through the eyes of Somali women |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Somalia--the untold story. London : CIIR ; London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003020195 (OCoLC)53038753 |
| ISBN |
9781435662193 electronic book |
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1435662199 electronic book |
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9781849644730 electronic book |
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184964473X electronic book |
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0745322093 |
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9780745322094 |
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0745322085 paperback |
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9780745322087 paperback |
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1281750344 |
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9781281750341 |
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