Violence Against Women in Peace and War: Cases from the Middle East

By Maria Holt

Violence Against Women in Peace and War: Cases from the Middle East explores violence against women in the Middle East. Through a narrative research approach, Maria Holt compares a range of settings and experiences, arguing that (1) violence against women tends to increase during periods of conflict; (2) such practices are legitimized by an already existing environment in which violence against women is tolerated; (3) women are building strategies, both at local and regional levels, to combat and eliminate violence, thus enabling them to play a more constructive role in processes of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction; and (4) the greater the commitment by public authorities to creating sound local frameworks to address violence against women the stronger will be Arab women's ability to resist conflict.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498598854
• ISBN13: 9781498598859
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"