A few more articles...

"Gender and War, Gender and Peace: New Perspectives" by Angela Woollacott

Australian Feminist Studies 389-391

This article reviewed a number of feminist wriers' approaches to gendered conflict and peace. She aptly points out that most of the work being done in this area is directed towards first world nations like the US, Canada, UK etc.
She mentions a piece called "Where are the Girls?" that was commissioned by the Canadian International DevelopmentAgency. This report " seeks to draw the attention of the United Nations and other policy makers to the plight of girls in armed conflict and post-war reconstruction, especially in Africa." Although it isn't the regions I am looking at in particular it still seems worthwhile to take a look at. I can't seem to find it online or through the library since it is a report not a book, but I Mazurana's book Women and Peacebuilding from Robarts as well as a few more of Enloe's pieces that I can't get at the UTSC library.

Another startling fact she touches upon is that girls (under 18) have fought in 55 different countries between 1990-2003 (390). The effects have been especially devestating in countries like Sierra Leone where rape of these girls is rampant and after that they are expected to take care of the children borne of these atrocities.

Another interesting article is "The Black Widows: Chechen Women Join
the Fight for Independence—and Allah" by Anne Nivate, a Russian independent reporter. Since it is written by a journalist rather than an academic, it gives me a better idea as to situations in conflict zones on the micro level. Theoritical work that I have read thus far has provided me with interesting ways to organize and make sense of the concepts of gendered conflict and gendered peace, but in a way I have to keep reminded myself to be able to apply theortically notions in some sort of empirical manner.