This work focuses on women's participation in peacekeeping operations and what needs to be considered regarding the role and circumstances of women, including those in relation to the host society. This volume opens with an article offering historical insights that reflect on the contemporary relevance of two ancient Greek plays, Antigone and Lysistrata. The latter was referred to by Nelson Mandela in his efforts to negotiate the conflict in Burundi. The following essay is a theoretical perspective on women and war, highlighting the difference between post-modernist and universalist...

This work focuses on women's participation in peacekeeping operations and what needs to be considered regarding the role and circumstances of women, including those in relation to the host society. This volume opens with an article offering historical insights that reflect on the contemporary relevance of two ancient Greek plays, Antigone and Lysistrata. The latter was referred to by Nelson Mandela in his efforts to negotiate the conflict in Burundi. The following essay is a theoretical perspective on women and war, highlighting the difference between post-modernist and universalist...

Early detection of colorectal cancer is a strategy
for reducing death of the disease. Detection in this
book refers to both clinical diagnosing and to
presymptomatic detection of colorectal neoplasia.

Five research projects, different in character are
described. A population-based audit of the
diagnostic process includes work-up times, the use
of family history for risk assessment and the
benefit of faecal occult blood test in symptomatic
patients. The next study is an estimation of the
importance of symptom duration in colorectal cancer
on prognosis and it includes a description...

This volume explores the implementation of key gender policies in international peace and security, following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in October 2000, the first thematic resolution on Women, Peace and Security.

How should we understand women's participation in peace processes and in peace operations? And what forms of gendered security dynamics are present in armed conflict and international interventions? These questions represent central themes of protection and participation that the international community has to address in order to implement UNSCR...