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Article: Women and war.(News And Meetings)
- Article from:
- Women's Health Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Women and Armed Conflict
A fact sheet disseminated by the United Nations at the end of 2002 identified 30 countries and areas in conflict and post-conflict situations, including: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bougainville, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chechnya, Colombia, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Israel, Kosovo, Liberia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan and Western Sahara. Today, Iraq must be added to this list.
While the visage of war may be male, the victims of war are ...