Organizational Disruption and Change in Mozambique's Peace Process
Mozambique returned to peace after a brutal civil war, despite imperfect disarmament. Many accounts make some appeal to the motivations of the parties to seek peace as a case of ‘political will’. While these explanations are not false, an approach that looks to the Renamo insurgency's organizational structure can flesh out explanations of how changing attitudes moved the insurgency as well as illuminate points at which outside peacekeepers may find leverage. In particular, the UN mission capitalized on Renamo's difficulties and exploited its military focus and narrow political base by widely dispersing Renamo combatants during demobilization and fostering political party structures. These tactics helped to disrupt Renamo's ability to act as a spoiler.
Mozambique: A War against the People
List of Illustrations and Maps - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Chronology - Background: A Land of War, A Land of Hope - Frelimo: Discipline, Idealism, Pragmatism - Renamo: The 'Khmer Rouge' of Africa? - Structure of the War: The Rape of a Country - Internal Dislocation: A War against the People - Refugees in South Africa: A Forgotten People - Refugees in Malawi: Triangle of Discontent - The Limits of Aid - Future: The Dressing of a Skeleton - Endnotes - Bibliography
Women's health in prison: urgent need for improvement in gender equity and social justice.
The needs of women held in detention have received little attention and con-tinue to be neglected by health systems and prison authorities. One reason for this, too readily accepted until now, is that women prisoners are a clear minor-ity group within prisons all over the world. It is only recently that attention has been drawn to the fact that a minor-ity status does not justify the widespread ignorance of women’s basic rights and the considerable gender insensitivity still dominating criminal justice systems.In Europe alone, there are about 100 000 women and girls in prison.