War's Offensive on Women: The Humanitarian Challenge in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan [Paperback]

Julie A. Mertus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

* Case studies from Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan tackle human rights laws and gender-based violence

War's Offensive on Women contends that humanitarian groups’ attempts to provide assistance and protection for women will fall short unless they make women major actors in such efforts. Mertus shows how human rights laws are beginning to address gender-based violence, and how agencies can respond to women’s needs in conflict and post-conflict settings. The book is of wide interest to humanitarian and human rights practitioners, policymakers, and students alike.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Both a well-informed treatise and a practical guide to action to address the gender-based violence of war and its aftermath. -- Gender, Technology and Development 5(2), 2001

About the Author

Julie A. Mertus is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the MA program in Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs at American University. A graduate of Yale Law School, her work focuses on ethno-national conflict, human rights, refugee and humanitarian law and policy, gender and conflict and post-war transitions. Her geographic expertise is in Central and Eastern Europe, with a specialty on the former Yugoslavia, but she has also participated in human rights projects in such diverse places as Vietnam, Brazil, China and South Africa. Her prior appointments include: Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace; Human Rights Fellow, Harvard Law School; Writing Fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Fulbright Fellow (Romania), and Counsel, Human Rights Watch.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Kumarian Press (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565491173
• ISBN-13: 978-1565491175
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > History > Europe > Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • #35 in Books > Gay & Lesbian > Nonfiction > Civil Rights

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