Violence Against Women in Peace and War
Author | : Maria Holt |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2021-02-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781498598866 |
ISBN-13 | : 1498598862 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Download or read book Violence Against Women in Peace and War written by Maria Holt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence Against Women in Peace and War: Cases from the Middle East explores violence against women in the Middle East. Through a narrative research approach, Maria Holt compares a range of settings and experiences, arguing that (1) violence against women tends to increase during periods of conflict; (2) such practices are legitimized by an already existing environment in which violence against women is tolerated; (3) women are building strategies, both at local and regional levels, to combat and eliminate violence, thus enabling them to play a more constructive role in processes of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction; and (4) the greater the commitment by public authorities to creating sound local frameworks to address violence against women the stronger will be Arab women’s ability to resist conflict.