Feminist Knowledge | Bibliography: African Women's Studies II
The rise of militarism and ethnic violence on the continent has prompted a burgeoning field within feminist studies on politics and the state. Events like the Beijing Conference have provided all-important platforms for generating collaborative and concerted projects that straddle activism and writing. An important review of women's peace organisations in Africa today is Ann Snyder's review of the Federation of African Women's Peace Network (2000).
Work
undertaken within universities has been considerably augmented, and in some
cases exceeded by national research centres, NGOs and regional networks. Studies
that recognise women's direct involvement in peacebuilding and peacekeeping
have also proliferated in recent years, and are at the cutting edge of policy-related
work and organisational interventions. The practical import of this work places
feminist activism firmly at the centre of scholarship. Two crucial collections
are The Gender Implications of Peacekeeping and Reconstruction in Africa and
The International Dimension of Peace Building and Conflict Prevention, Resolution
and Management in Africa, both published by ABANTU for Development.
ABANTU. 2000. The Gender Implications of Peacekeeping and Reconstruction in Africa. London: ABANTU for Development.
ABANTU. 2000. The International Dimension of Peace Building and Conflict Prevention, Resolution and Management in Africa. London: ABANTU for Development.
Aning, E. K. 1998. "Women and Civil Conflict: Liberia and Sierra Leone." African Journal of International Affairs, 1, 2:45-58.
Badri, A. and Sadig, I. 1998. Sudan Between Peace and War: Internally Displaced Women in Khartoum and South and West Kordofan. Nairobi: UNIFEM.
Bryden, M. 1998. Somali Women Between Peace and War: Somali Women on the Eve of the 21st Century. Nairobi: UNIFEM, 1998.
Campbell, H. 1998. "Angolan Women in Search of Peace." African Journal of Political Science, 3, 1:70–81.
Cock, J. and McKenzie, P. Eds. 1998. From Defence to Development: Redirecting Military Resources in South Africa. Cape Town: David Philip.
Crawley, H. 2000. “Engendering the State in Refugee Women’s Claims for Asylum”, in Jacobs, S. Jacobson, R. and Marchbank, J. eds. States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance. London/New York: Zed Books.
De Abreu, A. A. 1998. “Mozambican Women Experiencing Violence”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
El-Bushra, J. 2000. “Transforming Conflict: Some Thoughts on a Gendered Understanding of Conflict Processes”, in Jacobs, S. Jacobson, R. and Marchbank, J. eds. States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance. London/New York: Zed Books.
Goldblatt, B. and Meintjes, S. 1998. “South African Women Demand the Truth”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Halim, A. A. 1998. “Attack With a Friendly Weapon”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Hudson, H. 2000. "Mainstreaming Gender in Peacekeeping Operations: Can Africa Learn From International Experience?" African Security Review, 9, 4.
Hutchful, A. and Bathily, O. 1998. Eds. The Military and Militarism in Africa. Dakar: CODESRIA. Oxford [distributor].
Jacobson, R. 1991. "Complicating Complexity: Integrating Gender into Analysis of the Mozambican Conflict", in Third World Quarterly, 1.
Kelly, L. 2000. “Wars Against Women: Sexual Violence, Sexual Politics and the Militarised State”, in Jacobs, S. Jacobson, R. and Marchbank, J. eds. States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance. London/New York: Zed Books.
Mama, A. 1999. "Khaki in the Family: Gender Discourses and Militarism in Nigeria." African Studies Review, 14, 1.
Mama, A. 1999. "Dissenting Daughters? Gender Politics and Civil Society in a Militarised State." CODESRIA Bulletin 3/4.
Oloka-Onyango, J. 1996. "The Plight of the Larger Half: Human Rights, Gender Violence and the Legal Status of Refugees and Internally Displaced Women in Africa." Denver Journal of International Law and Policy. 24, 2/3 Spring:349–394.
Oloka-Onyango, J. 1998. "Forced Displacement and the Situation of Refugee and Internally Displaced Women in Africa." East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights. 5, 1:1–31.
Padarath, A. 1998. “Women and Violence in KwaZulu/Natal”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Shikola, T. 1998. “We Left Our Shoes Behind”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Snyder, A. 2000. "Peace Profile: Federation of African Women's Peace Networks." Peace Review, 12, 1 March:147–159.
Tadesse, Z. 1999. African Women's Report 1998: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa: Gender Perspective. Addis Ababa: United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Turshen, M. 1998. “Women’s War Stories”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. 1998. “’Favours’ to Give and ‘Consenting’ Victims: The Sexual Politics of Survival in Rwanda”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Turshen, M., Twagiramariya, C. and Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL). 1998. “Hundreds of Victims Silently Grieving”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Turshen, M., Twagiramariya, C. and Women’s Commission of the Human Rights League of Chad. 1998. “Women Denounce Their Treatment in Chad”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. Eds. 1998. What Women Do in Wartime: Gender and Conflict in Africa. London: Zed Books.
Turshen, M. 2000. "Africa: Women in the Aftermath of Civil War." Race and Class. 41, 4, April.
Volman, D. 1998. “The Militarization of Africa”, in Turshen, M. and Twagiramariya, C. eds. What Women Do in Wartime. London/New York: Zed Books.
U. N. Office of the U. N. High Commissioner for Refugees. 1999. UNHCR Implementing the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action in Africa: Refugee Women and the Girl Child. Addis Ababa: United Nations.