''This is an essential volume for anyone interested in the gendered dynamics of women's involvement in political violence from mobilization to disarmament and reintegration. The contributors have conducted invaluable ethnographic research from across the globe that is posited within rigorous feminist theorising.'' - Dr Caron Gentry, University of St Andrews

Ayelet Harel-Shalev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Bishnu Pathak, Peace and Conflict Studies Centre, Nepal Camille Boutron, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France Carol Mann, Sorbonne and Sciences Po, France Chayanika Saxena, Ashoka University, India Emanuela C. Del Re, University NiccolòCusano, Italy Fazeeha Azmi, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka John Idriss Lahai, Flinders University, Australia Luisa Maria Dietrich Ortega, University of Vienna, Austria Priscyll Anctil Avoine, Santo Tomás University and Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia Rachel Tillman, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA Shawna Carroll, WAHA International, France Shir Daphna-Tekoah, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel Sofia Axelsson, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), South Africa Swechchha Dahal, Shantimalika (Women Network for Peace), Nepal