Liberia's women veterans : war, roles and reintegration /

The Liberian civil wars of the 1990s and 2000s became notorious for their atrocities, and for the widespread use of child soldiers. Girls and young women accounted for up to 40 per cent of these soldiers, but their perspectives and experiences have largely been excluded from accounts of the conflict...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vastapuu, Leena, 1983- (Author)
Other Authors:	Nieminen, Emmi, 1988- (Illustrator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, England : Zed Books, 2018.
Series:	Politics and development in contemporary Africa.
Subjects:	Women soldiers > Liberia. Child soldiers > Liberia. Women veterans > Rehabilitation > Liberia. Child soldiers > Rehabilitation > Liberia. Veteran reintegration > Liberia. Peace studies & conflict resolution Liberia > History > Civil War, 1989-1996 > Women. Liberia > History > Civil War, 1989-1996 > Participation, Juvenile. Liberia > History > Civil War, 1999-2003 > Women. Liberia > History > Civil War, 1999-2003 > Participation, Juvenile. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Hell is the absolute lack of being heard
Auto-photographing rivers of insecurities
Girl and women soldiers in Liberia's civil wars
DDR : Disarmament, Disillusionment and Remarginalization
Social rafting in post-war Liberia
Let my children's future be alright.