‘Here, it’s not about conflict resolution – we can only resist’: Palestinian Women’s Activism in Conflict Resolution and Non-violent Resistance

Women and War in the Middle East: TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 158-190

  Richter Devroe, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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