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As Mothers Of The Land : The Birth Of The Bougainville Women For Peace And Freedom.
Title:
As Mothers Of The Land : The Birth Of The Bougainville Women For Peace And Freedom.
Author:
Sirivi, Josie Tankunani.
ISBN:
9781740760614
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (211 pages)
Contents:
Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE Bougainville Women in War -- Prologue: Women cope with armed conflict -- Chapter One: Life on the Run -- Where is Kaea? -- Life on the Run. -- Journey into Exile. -- Mmarura Incursion and Lois Mmarii's Escape. -- Chapter Two: Blockade -- Life in the Jungle During the Blockade. -- The Blockade and Fleeing to the Jungle. -- Human Rights Abuses and Survival Behind the Blockade. -- Running the Blockade. -- Escaping Assassination and Refugee Flight Overseas. -- A Tribute. -- Chapter Three: Occupation -- Rape, a Weapon of War. -- PART TWO Bougainville Women in Community -- Prologue: Women in Community During the Blockade. -- Chapter One: Overcoming the Blockade -- Building a Jungle Society. -- Child Soldiers. -- Humanitarian Aid for Bougainville. -- Bougainville Freedom Movement. -- Chapter Two: Women Mobilise -- The Search for Peace and Justice. -- Chapter Three: Women Lead -- Women, War and the BICWF. -- Community Developments and BOCBIHP. -- Human Rights Portfolio. -- PART THREE Bougainville Women in Politics -- Prologue: Unity and the Peace Process. -- Chapter One: Negotiations and the BWPF -- Women Contribute to the Peace Process. -- Formal Inclusion of Women in Negotiations. -- The Women's Voices at Burnham. -- The Birth of the Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom. -- Women's Voices for Peace at the Lincoln Negotiations. -- Lincoln Peace Talks Women's Statement. -- Chapter Two: The Peace Process and the BWPF -- Arrival of the Peace Monitors. -- Awareness Campaign and the BWPF Expansion. -- Cease-fire Agreement Negotiations. -- Chapter Three: The Peace Process and the BWPF -- BWPF Human Rights Project. -- European Solidarity. -- Bougainville Women's Summit 2001. -- Reconciliation and Renewing the Vision. -- Notes on Contributing Authors -- Glossary -- Maps -- Online Material.
Abstract:
Personal accounts of Bougainville aboriginal women whose commitment and determination played a crucial part in the resolution of the conflict in Bougainville in the dying years of the Twentieth Century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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