Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace [recurso electrónico] : Challenging Gender in Violence and Post-Conflict Reintegration

Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace explores the intricacies of women's engagement in violence. It seeks to contribute to the growing body of literature on the intersection of gender, conflict and peace by specifically focusing on a particular group of women – female combatants – who pose a challenge to conventional attitudes towards the gendered relationship between violence and peace. In critically scrutinising the role of female combatants in conflict and peace, this edited volume identifies key questions: what role do women play in conflict situations, and what are their experiences of engagement with violence? Where are the female combatants positioned in post-conflict peace and reintegration processes? Through an examination of theory and practice of women's participation in violent conflicts, this insightful study makes the argument that both conflict and post-conflict situations are gender insensitive. Female Combatants In Conflict And Peace Explores The Gendered Dynamics Of Engagement In Conflict And Post-conflict Peace Processes. It Seeks To Contribute To The Growing Body Of Literature On The Intersection Of Gender, Conflict, And Peace By Specifically Focusing On A Particular Group Of Women Female Combatants Who Pose A Challenge To Conventional Attitudes Towards The Gendered Relationship Between Violence And Peace. In Critically Scrutinising The Role Of Female Combatants In Conflict And Peace, This Edited Volume Identifies Key Questions: What Role Do Women Play In Conflict Situations, And What Are Their Experiences Of Engagement With Violence? Where Are The Female Combatants Positioned In Post-conflict Peace And Reintegration Processes? Through An Examination Of Theory And Practice Of Women's Participation In Violent Conflicts, This Study Makes The Argument That Both Conflict And Post-conflict Situations Are Gender Insensitive--back Cover. Women In Conflict And Peace Making / Seema Shekhawat -- Women In Combat : Identifying Global Trends / Carol Mann -- Catch Them Young : Participation And Roles Of Girl Child Soldiers In Armed Conflicts / Shawna Carroll -- Female Combatants, Peace Process And The Exclusion / Seema Shekhawat And Bishnu Pathak -- Gendering Conflict Analysis : Analyzing Israeli Female Combatants' Experiences / Ayelet Harel-shalev And Shir Daphna-tekoah -- Female Combatants In The Syrian Conflict, In The Fight Against Or With The Is And In The Peace Process / Emanuela C. Del Re -- Visible In Conflict, Invisible In Peace : Positioning Women In The Militancy In Kashmir / Seema Shekhawat -- Victims Or Victimizers?: Naxal Women, Violence And The Re-invention Of Patriarchy / Seema Shekhawat And Chayanika Saxena -- Gendering Conflict And Peacebuilding In Sierra Leone / John Idriss Lahai -- Women At War, War On Women : Reconciliation And Patriarchy In Peru / Camille Boutron -- Gendered Struggle For Freedom : A Narrative Inquiry Into Female Ex-combatants In South Africa / Sofia Axelsson -- Challenging The Boundaries : The Narratives Of The Female Ex-combatants In Nepal / Swechchha Dahal -- I Want My Wings Back To Fly In A New Sky : Stories Of Ex-female Ltte Combatants In Post-war Sri Lanka / Fazeeha Azmi -- Demobilized Women In Colombia : Embodiment, Performativity And Social Reconciliation / Priscyll Anctil Avoine And Rachel Tillman -- Untapped Resources For Peace : A Comparative Study Of Women's Organisations Of Guerrilla Ex-combatants In Colombia And El Salvador / Luisa Maria Dietrich Ortega. Edited By Seema Shekhawat. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Women in Conflict and Peace-Making....Pages 1-19 Women in Combat: Identifying Global Trends....Pages 20-35 Catch Them Young: Participation and Roles of Girl Child Soldiers in Armed Conflicts....Pages 36-52 Female Combatants, Peace Process and the Exclusion....Pages 53-68 Gendering Conflict Analysis: Analysing Israeli Female Combatants’ Experiences....Pages 69-83 Female Combatants in the Syrian Conflict, in the Fight against or with the IS, and in the Peace Process....Pages 84-99 Visible in Conflict, Invisible in Peace: Positioning Women in the Militancy in Kashmir....Pages 100-116 Victims or Victimizers? Naxal Women, Violence and the Reinvention of Patriarchy....Pages 117-131 Gendering Conflict and Peace-Building in Sierra Leone....Pages 132-148 Women at War, War on Women: Reconciliation and Patriarchy in Peru....Pages 149-166 Gendered Struggle for Freedom: A Narrative Inquiry into Female Ex-Combatants in South Africa....Pages 167-184 Challenging the Boundaries: The Narratives of the Female Ex-Combatants in Nepal....Pages 185-199 I Want My Wings Back to Fly in a New Sky: Stories of Female Ex-LTTE Combatants in Post-War Sri Lanka....Pages 200-215 Demobilized Women in Colombia: Embodiment, Performativity and Social Reconciliation....Pages 216-231 Untapped Resources for Peace: A Comparative Study of Women’s Organizations of Guerrilla Ex-Combatants in Colombia and El Salvador....Pages 232-249 Back Matter....Pages 250-254 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 examination of theory and practice of women's participation in violent conflicts, the book makes the argument that both conflict and post-conflict situations are gender insensitive.