Megan H. MacKenzie
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814761373
- eISBN:
- 9780814771259
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814761373.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Conflict Politics and Policy
The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal—it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity ...
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The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal—it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped to create a general picture of women and girls as victims of the conflict, there has been little effort to understand female soldiers' involvement in, and experience of, the conflict. This book draws on interviews with seventy-five former female soldiers and over twenty local experts, providing a rare perspective on both the civil war and post-conflict development efforts in the country. It argues that post-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process, demonstrating that a clear recognition and understanding of the roles and experiences of female soldiers are central to both understanding the conflict and to crafting effective policy for the future.Less
The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal—it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped to create a general picture of women and girls as victims of the conflict, there has been little effort to understand female soldiers' involvement in, and experience of, the conflict. This book draws on interviews with seventy-five former female soldiers and over twenty local experts, providing a rare perspective on both the civil war and post-conflict development efforts in the country. It argues that post-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process, demonstrating that a clear recognition and understanding of the roles and experiences of female soldiers are central to both understanding the conflict and to crafting effective policy for the future.
Todd L. VanPool and Chet Savage
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262013338
- eISBN:
- 9780262259101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262013338.003.0015
- Subject:
- Biology, Evolutionary Biology / Genetics
This chapter is concerned with war and technological change, concentrating on the aftermath of war, when the causes of technological innovation and its acceptance are less obvious. It proposes that ...
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This chapter is concerned with war and technological change, concentrating on the aftermath of war, when the causes of technological innovation and its acceptance are less obvious. It proposes that the Salado polychrome was the result of intense female competition created by the influx of thousands of female war refugees and their children into central and southern Arizona and New Mexico. This chapter suggests that the Salado religion was not focused on elites but was instead “a poor woman's religion.” It shows that the Salado case reveals strong selective pressures which led to the formation and spread of a cultural adaptation over an expansive area while greatly limiting variation within the cultural trait.Less
This chapter is concerned with war and technological change, concentrating on the aftermath of war, when the causes of technological innovation and its acceptance are less obvious. It proposes that the Salado polychrome was the result of intense female competition created by the influx of thousands of female war refugees and their children into central and southern Arizona and New Mexico. This chapter suggests that the Salado religion was not focused on elites but was instead “a poor woman's religion.” It shows that the Salado case reveals strong selective pressures which led to the formation and spread of a cultural adaptation over an expansive area while greatly limiting variation within the cultural trait.
