Includes bibliographical references and index.

Violence against women/violence in the world : toward a feminist conceptualization of global violence / Jacqui True and Maria Tanyag -- Gender, structural violence and peace / Ronni Alexander -- Gender, race and the insecurity of 'security' / Maryam Khalid -- Feminist narrative approaches to security / Annick T.R. Wibben and Akanksha Mehta -- Gender, feminism and war theorizing / Laura Sjoberg -- Men, masculinity and global insecurity / Paul Higate -- Gendered and sexualized figurations of security / Cynthia Weber and Darcy Leigh -- Do queer visions trouble human security? / Michael J. Bosia -- Feminist violence and the in/securing of women and feminism / Anne Sisson Runyan and Marysia Zalewski -- Exploring gendered security dynamics through fieldwork and ethnography / Megan Daigle -- Gender and war / Julia Welland -- Gender and terrorism / Caron E. Gentry -- Gender and everyday violence / Alexandria J. Innes and Brent J. Steele -- Gendered militarism / Maya Eichler -- The gendered political economy of insecurity / V. Spike Peterson -- Gender and genocide : two case studies / Choman Hardi -- Migration and gendered insecurities in global politics / Meghana Nayak -- Gender, violence and technology / Cristina Masters -- Wartime sexual violence / Paul Kirby -- The role of gender in mobilizing and countering fundamentalist violent extremist organizations / Keith Proctor and Dyan Mazurana -- Embodied in/security as care needs / Tiina Vaittinen -- Gender, agency and violence / Elina Penttinen -- Memory, trauma and gendered insecurity / David Duriesmith -- The gendered myth of protection / Cecila Ase -- Sex, sexuality, reproduction and international security / Anna L. Weissman -- Gender, popular culture and (in)security / Linda Ahall -- Gender and the un women, peace and security agenda / Nicole George, Katrina Lee-Koo, and Laura J. Shepherd -- Peace processes and women's inclusion / Kara Ellerby -- Gender and peacekeeping / Sabrina Karim -- Gender and post-conflict reconstruction / Laura McLeod -- Gender and security sector reform / Megan Bastick -- Gender in international security organizations / Natalie Florea Hudson and Laura Huber -- Gender and state militaries / Melissa T. Brown -- Gender in paramilitary organizations / Sandra McEvoy.