Women in Sub-Saharan African countries have had an ambivalent relationship with the militaries of their societies. Since the mid-1990s, African women have become best known for the creation of unprecedented peace networks and movements throughout Africa – a vital response to the rash of post-Cold War armed conflicts there. Although statistics on women and militarism are almost impossible to obtain, the clear involvement of African women with informal militias and informal militaries is disprovin…