"Innocent women and children"; gender, norms, and the protection of civilians.0754647455 "Innocent women and children"; gender, norms, and the protection of civilians. Carpenter, R. Charli. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2006 217 pages $89.95 Hardcover Gender in a global/local world KZ6515 Carpenter (U. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (pĭts`bərg), city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio River; inc. 1816. ) exposes the assumption and assertion that women and children are disproportionately dis·pro·por·tion·ate adj. Out of proportion, as in size, shape, or amount. dis  pro·por affected by war as a
deeply gendered construct, and shows how the conflation (database) conflation - Combining or blending of two or more versions of a text; confusion or mixing up. Conflation algorithms are used in databases. of women and
children with the concept of innocent civilian affects and undermines
the protection of civilians in international society.
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