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Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 02:00
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Social welfare [2]
Issue Number: 
142 [3]
Article-Summary: 

War, and peace, aren't what they used to be. In civil wars, the targets are mainly civilians. And when strife erupts in one of the world's dozens of trouble spots, Rosalind Boyd says, all too often it's women and children first - in the worst possible ways. "Men and women experience wars differently," said Boyd, director of the Centre for Developing-Area Studies at McGill University. "Men are primarily the ones who are holding the guns, and women and children are primarily the victims."

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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