Research Catalog

Title

War's offensive on women : the humanitarian challenge in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan / Julie A. Mertus ; with a case study by Judy A. Benjamin.

Author

Mertus, Julie, 1963-

Publication

Bloomfield, Conn. : Kumarian Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors

Benjamin, Judy A.

Description

xiii, 157 p. : map; 23 cm.

Summary

• Annotation
• Publisher Fact Sheet

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Crime Victims
• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 > Women
• War relief
• Women > Afghanistan
• Women > Crimes against
• Women and war > History > 20th century
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Women

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "For the Humanitarianism and War Project".

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-147) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introducing a Gender Perspective in Humanitarian Action -- Analytical Tools -- Applying a Gender Perspective -- Bosnia-Herzegovina: Uprooted Women -- Kosovo: Uprooted Women and Children -- Afghanistan: Women Survivors of War under the Taliban -- Conclusion: Three Stages of Inquiry -- Clarifying the Legal Framework -- Historical Treatment of Gender in Conflict -- Humanitarian and Refugee Law -- Human Rights Law -- Looking Ahead -- Creation of Gender Policies and Gender Strategies -- Increased Organizational Awareness of Gender and Human Rights -- Integration of Gender into Agency Activities -- Programmatic Innovations Pertaining to Gender -- Supporting International Activities as Triggers for Change -- Development of Nomenclature -- Tensions between Agency Policies and Operational Constraints -- Increasing Advocacy Activities.

ISBN

• 1565491181 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1565491173 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00056833^

OCLC

44516694

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library