[Stoves] Fuel and Forestry etc.

[Samer Abdelnour]

Hi Ron,

I do appreciate where you are coming from, and your strong interest in
char. Again, I'm probably not the right person to continue a char-focused
discussion, but it is certainly an area I will look into further. That
said, and if a little humour is permitted on this listserv, I'm pleased to
see that you've explicitly stated your meme! :)

As I noted before, I've seen that charcoal is in widespread use, however
I'm unfamiliar with cultivation/production techniques. Certainly a
collective of blacksmiths I researched in Darfur were hoping to move from
charcoal to electricity, but this coincided with a plan for proper concrete
workshop space and generally better working conditions. They were also
increasingly concerned about the environmental and health impacts of their
work, but for them such considerations were a luxury of their success.

Noted in the paper is the sheer inconsistency and difficulty of measuring
sexual violence in conflict zones. Few international NGOs attempt to
address domestic forms of sexual (and other) violence. As a result such is
often missing in gender violence statistics etc. Reports that do (some
mentioned in the paper) suggest that women are not safer from sexual
violence in camps. This is a fuzzy space and more research needs to be done
to understand it. As for the excerpt, it argues strongly *against* placing
blame and responsibility on women.

Warmly,
Samer
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