Women, security, South Asia : a clearing in the thicket /
editors, Farah Faizal, Swarna Rajagopalan.
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2005.
- 215 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women and security : in search of a new paradigm / Swarna Rajagopalan -- Societal insecurities : a Maldivian study / Farah Faizal -- In/security : Afghan women refugees / Saba Gul Khattak -- Silence and marginality : gendered security and the nation-state / Amena Mohsin -- Dying to be equal : women militants and organisational decision-making / Sudha Ramachandran -- Women taking the track two path / Ilmas Futehally -- In conclusion / Farah Faizal.
"The contributors focus on specific issues and case studies which yield an understanding of security that is broad and inclusive - Bangladeshi women protecting their homes during the 1971 war; Maldivian women trying to secure themselves in a society where marriage and divorce are both easy; Afghan women grappling with survival issues in Peshawar's refugee camps; women militants in Sri Lanka; and peace activists on either side of the India-Pakistan border."--BOOK JACKET.