TY  - BOOK
AU  - Faizal,Farah
AU  - Rajagopalan,Swarna
TI  - Women, security, South Asia: a clearing in the thicket 
SN  - 0761933867 (hard back)
AV  - JZ1253.2 .W67 2005
U1  - 303.4820820954 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - International relations
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Security, International
KW  - Sex role
KW  - South Asia
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005014162.html
ER  -