This book provides a nuanced understanding of an often neglected aspect of armed conflicts, namely the everyday structures that sustain lives during crises and, specifically, care-work performed by women. It showcases the work of women as key protagonists and stresses their role as knowledge producers in studies of conflict. The author brings an original voice to the literature on women in conflict and peace-building showing the unpaid and less visible care-work that women do in the context of conflict and post-conflict and peacebuilding in Africa.

Emphasizes the value of care arrangements in conflict and post-conflict situations in Africa Employs a deeper understanding of an often forgotten and marginalized aspect of conflicts Presents the findings of the empirical study the Darfur case

Autorentext

Fatma Osman Ibnouf is Assistant Professor at University of Khartoum, Sudan.

Inhalt

1. Chapter One/Introduction Researching Wartime Care Work in Africa Conflict Countries.- 2. Chapter Two Background and Overview.- 3. Chapter Three Women and Unpaid Care-Work: A Review.- 4. Chapter Four The Ethics of Care and the Conceptualization of Unpaid Care work.- 5. Chapter Five Wartime Care Work Arrangements and Provision in Darfur Case.- 6. Chapter Six Peacebuilding through the Care-Work Lens.- 7. Chapter Seven Lessen the Distance between Peacebuilding and Ground Reality.