This text concentrates on gender issues in situations of conflict and considers the impact on women's lives of civil and military strife, domestic conflict, and the impact of cuts in state services.

In situations of war or violent conflict, all civilians suffer. However, there are many specific, gender-related human rights issues which organisations involved in relief, development, and emergency work in conflict situations need to address. 'Women and Conflict' concentrates on gender issues in situations of military and civil strife, and examines the effects of armed conflict on women's lives and the appalling situation of many women refugees and displaced. but other aspects of conflict and exploitation which confront women are also examined: violence in the domestic sphere, the daily infringement of their basic civil rights, the threat or experience of sexual abuse, the increased stress and workload for women which result from cuts from state services. However, women are not passive victims, and many of the articles in this issue show how they are in the forefront of work for change, peace, security, and equitable gender relations - essential to the reduction of conflict at all levels.

Editorial
Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance
Conflict and the women of Chad
Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan
Working on gender in conflict situations: some ideas on strategy
Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses
Working with women refugees in easter Sri Lanke
The psyco-social effects of 'La Violencia' on widows of El Quiche, Guatemala
'Clutching at a knifeblade:' human rights and development from Asian women's perspective
Domestic violence as a development issue
Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil
Colombian women prisoners in Britain
Interview with Sochua Mu Leiper, Director of Khemara
Letters to the Editor
News from GADU
Resource - Book Review and Further reading