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    The Withering Military in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Roles for the Private Security Industry?

    Lock, Peter. 1998. "The Withering Military in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Roles for the Private Security Industry?" Africa Spectrum 33 (2): 135-55.

    Topics: Armed Conflict, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Private Military & Security, Security Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa Keywords: private security

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    Rethinking Yamashita: Holding Military Leaders Accountable for Wartime Rape

    Joseph, Joshua. 2007. "Rethinking Yamashita: Holding Military Leaders Accountable for Wartime Rape." Women's Rights Law Reporter 28 (2/3): 107-25.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, International Law, International Criminal Law, Justice, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries, Sexual Violence, Rape Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Asia, East Asia Countries: Japan, Rwanda

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    Violence and Resilience: Women, War and the Reality of Everyday life in Sudan

    Jok, Jok Madut. 2006. “Violence and Resilience: Women, War and the Reality of Everyday Life in Sudan.” The Afhad Journal 23 (2): 58–80.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Development, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gender-Based Violence, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarization, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Sudan

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    Explaining Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations: Preliminary Findings from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda and Sierra Leone

    Gerecke, Megan. 2009. “Explaining Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations: Preliminary Findings from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.” Paper presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Ethnicity, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries, Sexual Violence Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe Countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Rwanda, Sierra Leone

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    "If You Leave Your Country You Have No Life!" Rape, Suicide and Violence: The Voices of Ethiopian, Somali, and Sudanese Female Refugees in Kenyan Refugee Camps

    Beswick, Stephanie. 2006. “‘If You Leave Your Country You Have No Life!’ Rape, Suicide, and Violence: The Voices of Ethiopian, Somali, and Sudanese Female Refugees in Kenyan Refugee Camps.” Northeast African Studies 8 (3): 69–98.

    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Refugee/IDP Camps, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Health, Mental Health, Trauma, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Security, Human Security, Sexual Violence, Rape Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan

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    The State of the Women’s Movement in Eritrea

    Hale, Sondra. 2001. “The State of the Women’s Movement in Eritrea.” Northeast African Studies 8 (3): 155–77.

    Topics: Armed Conflict, National Liberation Wars, Combatants, Female Combatants, Democracy / Democratization, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries, Religion Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Eritrea

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    Girls as “Weapons of Terror” in Northern Uganda and Sierra Leonean Rebel Fighting Forces

    McKay, Susan. 2005. "Girls as 'Weapons of Terror' in Northern Uganda and Sierra Leonean Rebel Fighting Forces." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 28 (5): 385-97. 

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Female Combatants, Gender, Girls, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups, Terrorism, Weapons /Arms Regions: Africa, East Africa, West Africa Countries: Sierra Leone, Uganda

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    Collective and Individual Identities: Experiences of Recruitment and Reintegration of Female ExCombatants of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Army, Ethiopia

    Veale, Angela. 2005. “Collective and Individual Identities: Experiences of Recruitment and Reintegration of Female ExCombatants of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Army, Ethiopia.” In Invisible Stakeholders: Children and War in Africa, edited by A. McIntyre, 105-27. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

    Topics: Combatants, Female Combatants, Gender, Women, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia

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    Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis

    Whitworth, Sandra. 2004. Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

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    Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Men, Masculinity/ies, Gender Analysis, International Organizations, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Militarization, Peacekeeping Regions: Africa, East Africa, Americas, North America, Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Cambodia, Canada, Somalia

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    The Politics of Identity and Sexual Violence: A Review of Bosnia and Rwanda

    Weitsman, Patricia A. 2008. “The Politics of Identity and Sexual Violence: A Review of Bosnia and Rwanda.” Human Rights Quarterly  30 (3): 561–578.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Ethnic/Communal Wars, Ethnicity, Gender, Genocide, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militias, Sexual Violence, Rape Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe Countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Rwanda

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