"The contributors focus on specific issues and case studies which yield an understanding of security that is broad and inclusive - Bangladeshi women protecting their homes during the 1971 war; Maldivian women trying to secure themselves in a society where marriage and divorce are both easy; Afghan women grappling with survival issues in Peshawar's refugee camps; women militants in Sri Lanka; and peace activists on either side of the India-Pakistan border."--BOOK JACKET.