1st Edition
Gender, Peace and Security in Africa
Introduction
Romi Sigsworth and Cheryl Hendricks
1. Women, peace and security in Africa Conceptual and implementation challenges and shifts
Cheryl Hendricks
2. The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security
’Funmi Olonisakin, Cheryl Hendricks and Awino Okech
3. Women combatants and the liberation movements in South Africa: Guerrilla girls, combative mothers and the in-betweeners
Siphokazi Magadla
4. Feminine masculinities in the military: The case of female combatants in the Kenya Defence Forces’ operation in Somalia
Mokua Ombati
5. Gender, feminism and food studies: A critical review
Desiree Lewis
6. A case study of gender and security sector reform in Zimbabwe
Netsai Mushonga
7. Women police in the Nigerian security sector
Tosin Akinjobi-Babatunde
8. Madagascar: Paving the way to national ‘fampihavanana’ and lasting peace
Gaby Razafindrakoto
9. Sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Yolanda Sadie
10. Kenya and Somalia: Fragile constitutional gains for women and the threat of patriarchy
Hawa Noor Mohammed
Biography
Cheryl Hendricks is a Professor and Head of Political Science at University of Johannesburg. She has worked in the field of gender, peace and security, and security sector governance for well over a decade. She has worked extensively with civil society organisations on gender and security.
Romi Sigsworth is Editor of the African Security Review and Gender Specialist at the Institute for Security Studies. She has worked on various gender-related topics in South Africa and on the African continent for a decade.
