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The Aftermath - Women in Post-conflict Transformation (Paperback)
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The Aftermath - Women in Post-conflict Transformation (Paperback)
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What happens to women in the aftermath of war and internal armed
conflict? Are gender and inter-generational relations transformed
during the process of post-war reconstruction? This book asserts
that there is no aftermath for women -- a truce does not bring an
end to gendered violence. It shows how the post-war period is too
late for women to transform patriarchal gender relations; the
foundations for change must be built during conflict. The first
part of this book asks how transitions from war to peace and from
authoritarian to democratic regimes can be used as opportunities to
move beyond the reconstruction of pre-war institutions to real
social transformation. It presents an honest accounting of what
women lose and gain in wartime and how they organise, as well as an
analysis of why they fail to consolidate their gains. It explores
the many dimensions of violence against women before, during and
after war. It reflects on how war changes identities, on the myths
that men and women invent about each other in wartime, and on the
problems of reconciliation and women's solidarity; and it focusses
specifically on shifts in gender relations in the context of
post-conflict reconstruction and transformation. Finally, the
contributors consider the relation of the state to society in the
aftermath, searching for a vision of the transformed society. The
evidence presented in the second part of this book documents the
varied nature of war and the many post-war situations, including
Haitian and Balkan examples, Asian cases, and experiences in
different African conflict zones. The contributors analyse what
women endure and what they construct during and after conflict,
what obstacles they encounter in their search for autonomy and what
bonds of solidarity they create in building peace.
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