Ex-Combatants, Gender and Peace in Northern Ireland

Azrini Wahidin is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She is on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Criminology and is Chair of the Professional Affairs and Ethics Committee. She has held visiting posts at Melbourne University, University of Sydney, Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Malaya.

“In Ex-Combatants, Gender and Peace in Northern Ireland, Wahidin uses interviews to expose the intimate and poignant accounts of the prison experience through a gendered lens. … It is a must-read to understand the integral role that female combatants had during the conflict and that female ex-combatants must have during social transformation for a solid and lasting peace. Wahidin’s work is a seminal text that should be read by everyone studying post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building.” (Ashleigh McFeeters, LSE, blogs.lse.ac.uk, February, 2017)

• Chapter 1. Women, War and Peace.- Chapter 2. An Cogadh Fada: The Legacy of Conflict in Northern Ireland.- Chapter 3. The Role of the Accidental Activist.- Chapter 4. From Footnote Soldiers to Frontline Soldiers.- Chapter 5. An Scéal o Príosún Ard Mhacha: Armagh Prison.- Chapter 6. Nor Meekly Serve My Time: 'A' Company Armagh.- Chapter 7. Parthas Caillte: The Politics of Resistance and the Role of the Gendered Incarcerated Body.- Chapter 8. Scéal Phríosún Ard Mhacha: The History of Strip Searching in Armagh.- Chapter 9. 'There is No Glory in Any War'. Conclusion. Compromise After Conflict: Making Peace with the Past.