Women, Migration, and Conflict
Breaking a Deadly Cycle
Editors: Forbes Martin, Susan, Tirman, John (Eds.)
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- Brings together state-of-the-art academic and practitioner discourse
- Covers the key areas of concern
- In-depth knowledge presented and drawn from academic and policy worlds
- Value to teaching and practice, including policy recommendations
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- About this book
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An estimated 35 million people worldwide are displaced by conflict, and most of them are women and children. During their time away from their homes and communities, these women and their children are subjected to a horrifying array of misfortune, including privations of every kind, sexual assaults, disease, imprisonment, unwanted pregnancies, severe psychological trauma, and, upon return or resettlement, social disapproval and isolation.
Written by the world’s leading scholars and practitioners, this unique collection brings these problems - and potential solutions - into sharp focus. Based on extensive field research and a broad knowledge of other studies of the challenges facing women who are forced from their homes and homelands by conflict, this book offers in-depth understanding and problem-solving ideas. Derived from a project to advise U.N. agencies, it speaks to a broad array of students, scholars, NGOs, policymakers, government officials, and international organizations.
- About the authors
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Susan Forbes Martin, Editor, is Donald G. Herzberg Associate Professor of International Migration and Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and longtime consultant to many agencies on migration issues.
John Tirman, Editor, is Executive Director of the Center for International Studies at MIT, where he is also Principal Research Scientist. He is on the steering group of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-22
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Legal Aspects of Conflict-Induced Migration by Women
Pages 23-45
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Women, Conflict and Trafficking: Towards a Stronger Normative Framework for Protection
Pages 47-61
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Forced Prostitution and Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Among Women and Girls in Situations of Migration and Conflict: Review and Recommendations for Reproductive Health Care Personnel
Pages 63-86
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Women, Work, and War
Pages 87-106
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Women, Migration, and Conflict
- Book Subtitle
- Breaking a Deadly Cycle
- Editors
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- Susan Forbes Martin
- John Tirman
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-481-2825-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-2825-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-2824-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-9131-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 253
- Topics
