This book examines the mobilization, role, and trajectory of women rescuers and perpetrators during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

While much has been written about the victimization of women during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, very little has been said about women who rescued targeted victims or perpetrated crimes against humanity. This book explores and analyzes the role played by women who exercised agency as rescuers and as perpetrators during the genocide in Rwanda. As women, they took actions and decisions within the context of a deeply entrenched patriarchal system that...

This book theorizes intentional civilian victimization in armed conflicts through gender lenses.

Feminists have argued that the civilian immunity principle in war is constituted by a gendered story of (male) "just warriors" legitimating wars to protect their female "beautiful souls" back home - one proves one's manliness in war (individually and collectively) by "protecting" the feminine nation "back home." This illusion of protection, then, both defines the civilian immunity principle, and provides a justification for fighting wars. The book begins with a history of civilian...

This book theorizes intentional civilian victimization in armed conflicts through gender lenses.

Feminists have argued that the civilian immunity principle in war is constituted by a gendered story of (male) "just warriors" legitimating wars to protect their female "beautiful souls" back home - one proves one's manliness in war (individually and collectively) by "protecting" the feminine nation "back home." This illusion of protection, then, both defines the civilian immunity principle, and provides a justification for fighting wars. The book begins with a history of civilian...