This volume presents women warriors and hero cults from different cultures since the early modern period. The chapters examine figures such as Joan of Arc in Cairo, revenging daughters in Samurai Japan, a transgender Mexican revolutionary and WWII Chinese spies. Exploring issues of violence, gender fluidity and memory, the authors discuss how these real or imagined female figures were constructed and inserted in different national and transnational contexts.. .Divided into four parts, the book examines how women warriors and their stories were created, considers the theme violent woman, discusses how these female figures were gendered and focuses on the fate of women warriors who live on. The chapters explore women as military actors, women after war and the strategic use of women’s stories in national narratives.
The overall aim of this policy brief is to assess the implementation of the women, peace and security (WPS) policy framework in the work of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The analysis and recommendations build on our well-established policy guidance project, the Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, as well as broader advocacy throughout 2019. This policy brief also highlights key trends that are addressed by the recommendations presented in the NGO Working Group’s 2020 Civil Society Roadmap on Women, Peace and Security.