Our Bodies, Their Battlefield

Resumen del libro

From award-winning war reporter and co-author of I Am Malala, this is the first major account to address the scale of rape and sexual violence in modern conflict. Christina Lamb has worked in war and combat zones for over thirty years.

In Our Bodies, Their Battlefield she gives voice to the women of conflicts, exposing how in today's warfare, rape is used by armies, terrorists and militias as a weapon to humiliate, oppress and carry out ethnic cleansing. Speaking to survivors first-hand, Lamb encounters the suffering and bravery of women in war and meets those fighting for justice. From Southeast Asia where 'comfort women' were enslaved by the Japanese during World War Two to the Rwandan genocide, when an estimated quarter of a million women were raped, to the Yazidi women and children of today who witnessed the mass murder of their families before being enslaved by ISIS.

Along the way Lamb uncovers incredible stories of heroism and resistance, including the Bosnian women who have hunted down more than a hundred war criminals, the Aleppo beekeeper rescuing Yazidis and the Congolese doctor who has risked his life to treat more rape victims than anyone else on earth. Rape may be as old as war but it is a preventable crime. Bearing witness does not guarantee it won't happen again, but it can take away any excuse that the world simply didn't know.

Biografía del autor

Christina Lamb es la principal corresponsal en el extranjero de The Sunday Times y una de las corresponsales más importantes de Gran Bretaña. Ha recibido el galardón al Mejor Corresponsal del Año en cinco ocasiones, así como el Prix Bayeux a la Mejor Crónica Bélica de Europa. Es autora de Farewell Kabul, The Africa House, Waiting For Allah, The Sewing Circles of Herat y House of Stone, y coautora del éxito de ventas Yo soy Malala, junto a Malala Yousafzai, y de Nujeen. El increíble viaje de una chica desde la desgarrada Siria en una silla de ruedas, junto a Nujeen Mustafa. Es miembro de la Real Sociedad de Geografía de Reino Unido, miembro honorario del University College de la Universidad de Oxford y oficial de la Orden del Imperio británico desde 2013.