Introduction: Women, war, and violence / Mariam M. Kurtz and Lester R. Kurtz --
Gender and conflict : what do we know? / Sandra I. Cheldelin --
Gendering vulnerability : are women victims of systemic violence? / Mariam M. Kurtz --
Women, war, and violence : some holistic points / Johan Galtung --
Structural violence against women / Kathleen Maas Weigert --
International violence against women : prevalence, outcomes, and prevention / Danielle Dirks and Emily Troshynski --
Women or weapons : the militarist sexist symbiosis / Betty A. Reardon --
Gender, war, and the search for peaceful coexistence / Diana Francis --
Are women the peacemakers? : Are men the warmakers? : exploring the intersection of gender and militarization / Lynne M. Woehrle --
Violence against immigrant women / Pilar Rodríguez Martínez --
Trafficking in women : dynamics, debates, and disconnects / Maryann Bylander --
Wartime rape : a case study of the Democratic Republic of Congo / Mariam M. Kurtz and Mwamini Thambwe Diggs --
Women's roles in everyday armed violence and cease-fire pacts in a Caracas barrio / Manuel Llorens, Verónica Zubillaga, and John Souto --
When daughters are unwanted : sex determination tests in India / Madhu Purnima Kishwar --
Banalization of violence as a self-protection of the psychism / Miriam Gutiérrez-Otero --
Sharia law and its implications for women's status and rights / Saira Yamin --
Lebanese women's nonviolence : action and discourse / Rita Stephan and Nicole Khoury --
The Syrian revolution as lived and led by women activists / Rajaa Altalli and Anne-Marie Codur --
Women and the Egyptian revolution : a dream deferred? / Althea M. Middleton-Detzner, Jillian M. Slutzker, Samuel F. Chapple-Sokol, and Sana A. Mahmood --
The Egyptian revolution empowers women / Mariam M. Kurtz --
Women in combat : the quest for full inclusion / Meredith Kleykamp and Molly Clever --
Spousal PTSD : eradicating the cycle of violence / Jonathan Edmunds.
Preventing violence against women : four strategies / Riane Eisler --
Women in civil resistance / Anne-Marie Codur and Mary Elizabeth King --
Women and civil rights : a personal reflection / Mary Elizabeth King --
UN women : holistic global advocacy to address violence against women / Erin M. Stephens --
Violence against women / Dorota Gierycz --
Establishing rape as a crime against humanity : innovations and reactions from African nations / Susan F. Hirsch and Caroline Sarkis --
India's anti-rape law reform : the need for a surgeon's precision / Madhu Purnima Kishwar --
Women and diplomacy : the case for inclusive security / Swanee Hunt and Deborah Cavin --
Fighting violence against women : a toolkit / Lester R. Kurtz --
Trafficking in human beings : a gender- and rights-based approach / Dorota Gierycz --
Patriarchy, pedagogy, and learning toward a culture of peace / Betty A. Reardon --
Human rights education : a key to eliminating violence against women in India / Anamika Gupta --
"Conduct unbecoming" : prosecuting sexual assault in the military / Ashley M. Belyea --
Violence against the environment : women taking action / Leeanne E. Alonso, Shivani Bhalla, Alexis Bermudez, Mary K. Cline, Christina M.E. Ellis, Ana Liz Flores, Renée González Montagut, Martha M. Hurley, Rebecca Kormos, Patricia Moreno-Casasola, and Annette L. Tjon Sie Fat.
