Sierra Leone

Foster, Lilibet, and Binta Mansaray. Operation Fine Girl: Rape Used as a Weapon of War in Sierra Leone. United States: Witness and Oxygen Media, 2001.

Estimates range from 257,000 to 500,000 women were victims of rape and sexual violence during the Sierra Leone Civil War. 

Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade databases, Edited by David Eltis, Paul Lachance, Manuel Barcia Paz, Steve Behrendt, Manolo Florentino, Antonio Mendes, David Richardson and Jelmer Vos. Atlanta, GA, 2009.
Women and Wars, Edited by Carol Cohn. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2013.
Women and War: Power and Protection in the 21st Century, Edited by Helga Hernes, Chantal de Jonge Oudraat and Kathleen R. Kuehnast. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2011.
The Aftermath: Women in Post-Conflict Transformation, Edited by Sheila Meintjes, Anu Pillay and Meredeth Turshen. London: Zed Books, 2001.

Part I. Overviews of the Themes (p. 1)
1. There Is No Aftermath for Women (Sheila Meintjes and Anu Pillay and Meredeth Turshen) (p. 3)
Breaking Down the Category 'Women' (p. 5)
Women's Wartime Gains and Potential for Post-war Transformation (p. 7)
The Failure to Consolidate Wartime Gains (p. 8)
The Political Economy of Violence against Women (p. 11)
Myths about ldentity, Problems of Solidarity and Reconciliation (p. 13)
Power and Authority in the Aftermath (p. 15)
Our Vision of a Transformed Society (p. 17)

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