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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 13: Gender and Armed Conflict

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Conventional understandings of war and its aftermath overlook the impact on gender relations. Gender inequality pre-dates and is often exacerbated by conflict. But this does not mean that women are always victims and men only perpetrators. Men also suffer from torture and violence.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This collection of resources on gender and armed conflict sheds light on how gender inequality intersects with armed conflict and its aftermath, resulting in gender-specific disadvantage that is often overlooked.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  In this report, which forms part of the Cutting Edge Pack on gender and armed conflict, the impact of armed conflict on gender relations, and the distinct ways that both women and men are affected, is explored. It highlights the gender-specific disadvantages experienced by women and men that are denied by conventional interpretations of armed conflict and post-conflict reconstruction processes.
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  What Women Do in War Time: Gender and Conflict in Africa

  Zed Books Limited, 1998

  What is the legacy of armed conflict on the roles and experiences of women in Africa? This collection of reports, testimonies and analyses portrays the diverse experiences of women all over Africa who have lived through civil wars, apartheid, genocide and gendered political violence such as rape.
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  Luchando por la Justicia: las Mujeres Peruanas en la B£squeda de Los desaparecidos [Fighting forJustice: Peruvian Women in the Search for the Disappeared]

  BRIDGE, 2003

  How has a gender analysis been used in areas of post-conflict? In Peru, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) was set up following two decades of political violence spanning the period from 1980 to 2000.
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  Arms to Fight, Arms to Protect: Women Speak out about Conflict

  Panos Institute, London, 1995

  The survival struggles of ordinary women - whether as fighters, rape survivors, camp inhabitants, mothers or peacemakers - are highlighted in the accounts of conflict situations covered in this report. As part of the process of compiling testimonies, the authors set up partnerships with interested women's groups in different countries.
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  Cool Your Head, Man: Results from an Action-research Initiative to Engage Young Men in Preventing Gender-based Violence in Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Oxfam, 2002

  How can men challenge gender violence? This was the question explored in an action research project by the Instituto PROMUNDO, a Brazilian NGO. To start with, focus group discussions were held. Each group was made up of 8-10 young men.
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  Reproductive Health: Bibliographies

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Bibliographies on Reproductive Health divided into the following: Key Texts; General; Safer Motherhood; Men's Role in Sexual and Reproductive Health; and Gender Violence.
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  Putting Women First: Violence against Women: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women

  World Health Organization, 2001

  Recommendations regarding safe and ethical research on domestic violence against women, covering such topics as choosing appropriate methodology, the safety of the respondents and the research team, and protecting confidentiality.

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