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Editorial ii
Helen O'Connell
Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance 1
Judy El Bushra and Eugenia Piza-Lopez
Conflict and the women of Chad 10
Achta Djibrine Sy
Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan 13
Fiona McLachan
Working on gender in conflict situations: some ideas on strategy 15
Judy El Bushra and Eugenia Piza-Lopez
Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses 17
Tina Wallace
Working with women refugees in eastern Sri Lanka 24
Nalini Kasynathan
The psycho-social effects of'La Violencia' on widows of El Quiche, Guatemala 27Judith
Zur
'Clutching
a
knifeblade':human rights and development from Asian women's perspective 31
Nelia Sancho-Liao
Domestic violence as a development issue 37
Ruth Jacobson
Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil 40
Anti-Slavery International
Colombian women prisoners in Britain 42
Jo Fisher
Interview with Sochua Mu Leiper, Director of Khemara 45Letters to the Editor 49News from GADU 50Resource — Book Review and Further reading 55
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