Women's war stories / Meredeth Turshen -- South African women demand the truth / Beth Goldblatt and Sheila Meintjes -- Women and violence in KwaZulu/Natal -- Ashnie Padarath -- Mozambican women experiencing violence / Alcinda António de Abreu -- Attack with a friendly weapon / Asma Abdel Halim -- 'Favours' to give and 'consenting' victims : the sexual politics of survival in Rwanda / Clotilde Twagiramariya and Meredeth Turshen -- Women denounce their treatment in Chad / Women's Commission of the Human Rights League of Chad and the editors -- Hundreds of victims silently grieving / Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and the editors -- We left our shoes behind / Teckla Shikola -- The militarization of Africa / Daniel Volman