Women's perspectives on human security : violence, environment, and sustainability / edited by Richard A. Matthew, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, Tera Dornfeld, and Patricia A. Weitsman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women's voices : perspectives on violence, environmental threats, and human security / Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv,Richard A. Matthew, Tera Dornfeld, Patricia A. Weitsman -- Women, war, and identity : policies of mass rape in Bosnia and Rwanda / Patricia A. Weitsman -- Women and human security : women, small arms, and light weapons / Rachel Stohl -- Feminism, rape, and war : engendering suicide terror? / Mia Bloom -- Women, human security, and countering violent extremism / Joana Cook -- The challenges for gender awareness in civil-military operations / Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv -- Fieldwork in the land of savages, victims, and saviors : lessons from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo / Holly Dunn -- The Tehri Dam Project in India : impact on women's household food and economic security / Vandana Asthana -- Reimagining citizen science for women's human security : shifting power with critical pedagogy and feminist perspectives / Tera Dornfeld and Nina M. Flores -- Women building sustainable communities : Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico / Martha Adriana Márquez-Salaices and Manuel Ángeles -- Women and financial inclusion / Elissa McCarter LaBorde -- Reflections and looking ahead / Richard A. Matthew, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nora Davis, and Tera Dornfeld.

"Women's security is a valuable analytical tool as well as a political agenda insofar as it addresses the specific problems affecting women's ability to live dignified, free, and secure lives. First, this collection focuses on how conflict impacts women's lives and well-being, including rape and gendered constructions of ethnicity, race, and religion. The book's second section looks beyond the scope of large-scale violence to examine human security in terms of environmental policy, food, water, and health, and economics. Multidisciplinary in scope, these essays from new and established contributors draw from gender studies, international relations, criminology, political science, economics, sociology, biological and ecological sciences, and planning"-- Provided by publisher.

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