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   From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis

   Cockburn, Cynthia. 2007. From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis. New York: Zed Books.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Society, Class, Ethnicity, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gender Analysis, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Political Participation, Race, Terrorism, Violence Regions: Africa, West Africa, Americas, North America, South America, Asia, South Asia, Europe, Western Europe Countries: Colombia, India, Sierra Leone, United States of America

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   Gender Vulnerability to Drought: A Case Study of the Hausa Social Environment

   Schroeder, Richard. 1987. "Gender Vulnerability to Drought: A Case Study of the Hausa Social Environment." Working Paper 58, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

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   Topics: Class, Economies, Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Households, Livelihoods Regions: Africa, West Africa

   

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   Gender Transformations in War and Peace: The Sierra Leone Experience

   Ibrahim, Aisha Fofana. 2009. “Gender Transformations in War and Peace: The Sierra Leone Experience.” In Gendering Global Transformations: Gender, Culture, Race and Identity, edited by Chima J. Korieh and Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika, 185–200. New York: Routledge.

   Topics: Armed Conflict, Class, Feminisms, Gender, Gender Analysis, Peace Processes, Race, Rights, Human Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Sierra Leone

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   Why Women Are at War with Chevron: Nigerian Subsistence Struggles Against the International Oil Industry

   Turner, Terisa E., and Leigh S. Brownhill. 2004. “Why Women Are at War with Chevron: Nigerian Subsistence Struggles Against the International Oil Industry.” Journal of Asian and African Studies 39 (1-2): 63–93. doi:10.1177/0021909604048251.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Society, Class, Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Globalization, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups, Multi-National Corporations, Political Economies, Violence Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria Keywords: international oil industry, Nigeria, subsistence, women

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   Women’s Uprising against the Nigerian Oil Industry in the 1980s

   Turner, Terisa E., and M. O. Oshare. 1993. “Women’s Uprising against the Nigerian Oil Industry in the 1980s.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 14 (3): 329–57. 

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   Topics: Class, Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Multi-National Corporations, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Violence Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria

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   Low Schooling for Girls, Slower Growth for All? Cross-Country Evidence on the Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Economic Development

   Klasen, Stephen. 2002. “Low Schooling for Girls, Slower Growth for All? Cross-Country Evidence on the Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Economic Development.” The World Bank Economic Review 16 (3): 345–73.

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   Topics: Class, Economies, Economic Inequality, Education, Gender, Women, Girls Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Asia, East Asia, Middle East, South Asia

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   Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone’s Civil War: ‘Virgination’, Rape, and Marriage

   Marks, Zoe. 2014. “Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone’s Civil War: ‘Virgination’, Rape, and Marriage.” African Affairs 113 (450): 67–87. doi:10.1093/afraf/adt070.

    

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Class, Combatants, Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Sierra Leone

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   Globalization, Gender, and Poverty in the Senegal River Valley

   Koopman, Jeanne E. 2009. “Globalization, Gender, and Poverty in the Senegal River Valley.” Feminist Economics 15 (3): 253–85. 

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   Topics: Class, Development, Economies, Poverty, Food Security, Gender, Women, Infrastructure Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Senegal Keywords: food security, foreign aid, inequality, structural adjustment, women's land rights

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   Characterizing the Vulnerability of Fishing Households to Climate and Environmental Change: Insights from Ghana

   Koomson, Daniel, Katherine Sian Davies-Vollum, Debadayita Raha. 2020. “Characterizing the Vulnerability of Fishing Households to Climate and Environmental Change: Insights from Ghana.” Marine Policy 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104142

    
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   Topics: Class, Economies, Environment, Climate Change, Gender, Households, Livelihoods Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Ghana Keywords: Ghana, fishing, vulnerability, adaptive capacity, climate change

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    Gender and Land Dispossession: A Comparative Analysis

    Levien, Michael. 2017. “Gender and Land Dispossession: A Comparative Analysis.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 44 (6): 1111–34.  

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    Topics: Agriculture, Caste, Class, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Patriarchy, Households, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa, Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Gambia, India, Indonesia Keywords: land grabs, gender, dispossession, displacement, enclosure

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