Militarism and Violence Against Women

The following is provided as as a resource for learning more about the connections between Militarism and Violence Against Women.

On the web:

• Stop Rape Now
• MADRE
• Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
• Office on Violence Against Women
• Amnesty International’s Fact Sheet on Women’s Human Rights
• Human Rights Watch’s Women’s Rights page
• UNIFEM’s Portal on Women, Peace and Security
• CEDAW:  Treaty for the Rights of Women
• RAWA
• The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
• Gabriela Network
• Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
• Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq
• Women’s Refugee Commission
• Service Women’s Action Network
• Peace Women
• Polaris Project
• HumanTrafficking.org

Articles by Feminist Peace Network Director Lucinda Marshall:

• Betraying Iraqi Women
• Connection Between Militarism and Violence Against Women, The
• Franken Amendment Step Towards Ending Military’s Culture of Impunity Regarding Sexual Assault, More Needed
• Misogynist Undercurrents of Abu Ghraib, The
• Missing in Action: The Peace Movement’s Silence on the Impact of War on Women
• Our Lives are Worse Now: Yanar Mohammed Talks about the Impact of the U.S. Occupation on the Lives of Iraqi Women
• Rape in the U.S. Military
• Unacceptable: The Impact of War on Women and Children
• U.S. Actions Do Little to Alleviate the Plight of Women in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Who Gave Lynndie The Leash? The Scapegoating of Private England
• Why Male Military Veterans are Committing Sexual Assault at Alarming Rates

Books/Manuals:

• Barstow, Anne Llewellyn (2000). War’s Dirty Secret: Rape Prostitution and Other Crimes Against Women. The Pilgrim Press. Cleveland, OH.
• Brienes, Ingeborg, Connell, Robert, & Eide, Indrid (Eds.) (2000). Male Roles. Masculinities and Violence: A Culture of Peace Perspective. UNESCO Publishing. Paris, France.
• Building a Women’s Peace Agenda. (2001). Hague Appeal for Peace. New York, NY.
• Eisler, Riane. (1987 ) The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future. HarperCollins Publishing. New York, NY.
• Eisler, Riane (2002) The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that Will Change Your Life. New World Library. Novato, CA
• Enloe, Cynthia (1998). Banana, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.
• Enloe, Cynthia. (2000). Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women’s Lives.: University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.
• Evans, Patricia (1992) The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond. Adams Media Corporation. Avon, MA
• Funk, Rus Ervin (1993). Stopping Rape: A Challenge for Men. New Society Publishers. Philadelphia, PA.
• Gioseffi, Daniela (ed) (2003) Women On War: An International Anthology of Writings From Antiquity To The Present.. The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. New York, NY.
• Herman, Judith. (2000) Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books. New York, NY.
• Jacobs, Susie, Jacobson, Ruth, & Marchbank, Jennifer (2000). States of Conflict: Gender Violence and Resistance. Zed Books. London, England.
• Meintjes, Sheila, Pillay, Anu, and Turshen, Meredeth (Eds.) (2002). The Aftermath Women in Post-conflict Transformation. Zed Books. London, England.
• Morgan, Robin. Demon Lover (2001) Washington Square Press Published by Pocket Books. New York, NY.
• Rehn, Elisabeth & Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson (2002) Women, War and Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-building. United Nations Development Fund for Women. New York, NY. (www.unifem.undp.org)
• Sajor, Indai Lourdes (Ed.) (1998). Common Grounds: Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict Situations. Asian Center for Women’s Human Rights. Quezon City, Philippines.
• Waller, Marguerite, R. and Rycenga, Jennifer (Eds. (2001). Frontline Feminisms: Women, War and Resistance. Routledge Press. New York, NY.