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Challenging conventional views on mobile telecommunications investment: evidence from conflict zones

Huge amounts are being invested in information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phones and their telecommunications infrastructure. Development agencies provide a conventional view on the ‘climate’ needed to encourage suc ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

Victimising women as witches is prevalent in the tribal regions of South Bihar. As a result, between 1991 and 1994, over 60 women are known to have been killed in West Singhbhum district alone. The main reasons behind this persecution are to maintain wome ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58

Introduction: War and peace: what do women contribute?

Author: Afshar, Haleh Page: 10 ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 10:00

Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence

Author: Moser, Caroline O. N. and Fiona C. Clark (eds.) Publisher: London: Ze ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:50

Health Care for Refugees and Displaced People

Author: Mears, Catherine and Sue Chowdhury Issue: ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:34

Poverty reduction and Violence against Women: exploring links, assessing impact

In 1993, the international community acknowledged for the first time that violence against women (VAW) is a human rights issue, while VAW is also increasingly recognised both as a global public health issue and a barrier to sustainable development. Howeve ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

Women, gender, and conflict: making the connections

This review essay explores the need to make the roles of women and of men visible in order to understand the different ways in which they are involved in, and affected by, armed conflict; and also to examine the ways in which gender roles, the relations b ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55

Violence, fear, and development in Latin America: a critical overview

This introduction presents the core concepts that shape this special issue on the impact of violence and the processes of development in Central and South America. The understanding of development is considered in terms broader than the economic context a ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06

Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny