This edited volume illuminates the role of women in violence to demonstrate that gender is a key component of discourse on conflict and peace. Through an examin
This book directly challenges the stereotype that women are inherently peaceable by examining female combatants’ involvement in ethno-national conflicts. Draw
Why do women go to war? Despite the reality that female combatants exist the world over, we still know relatively little about who these women are, what motivat
What roles can women from marginalized communities play in conflict, peace-making and democratization? Which factors lie behind their involvement in armed confl