Women and War 
UNIFEM: Women, Peace and Security
This comprehensive portal site from the United Nations Development Fund for Women attempts to aggregate information on women and conflict. U.N. Resolution 1325, adopted in 2000, recognized the critical role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict, and also noted the lack of consolidated data on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls. Click on the interactive map to take a look at the plight of women in conflict countries around the world.
The Christian Science Monitor: Muslim Women in Freedom Fight
In Southeast Asia, the Free Aceh Movement fought to gain independence for the Aceh region from Indonesia in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since the 2005 peace talks, there has been a steady peace in the region. The Christian Science Monitor talked to Aceh women fighters to find out why they've taken up arms. (June 23, 1999)
SAMAR: Women at the Center: War and Peace in Nepal
In Nepal's ongoing civil war, women comprise 40 percent of the combatants on the insurgency's side. This article from SAMAR: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection examines the role of women in the conflict, and questions whether the high number of women fighters means that women are participating as equals in the conflict, and whether they will "maintain the notions of 'equality' promoted and instituted once the conflict ends." (September 15, 2005)
Virginia Tech Research Magazine: Women in Revolution
Professor Ilja Luciak writes about guerilla movements in Central America with a focus on gender equality. He comments on the high number of women participants in revolutionary movements in El Salvador and Guatemala, and examines whether this participation has led to more gender equality in society. (Fall 2004)
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