Making Gender-Just Remedy and Reparation Possible: Upholding the Rights of Women and Girls in the Greater North of Uganda

Abstract

which enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence, research and hands-on participation in development processes. FIC has a 15-year track record of action research in the fields of humanitarian action, livelihoods research, protection, conflict analysis and post-conflict rehabilitation. Informing measures for accountability and redress for grave rights violations and crimes committed against vi Making Gender-Just Remedy and Reparation Possible civilian populations and members of fighting forces are key priorities for FIC. FIC strives to use the highest calibre academic research to inform, develop and promote operational and policy responses. It aims to protect and strengthen the rights and livelihoods of people living in crisis and conflict-affected and marginalised communities. FIC is concerned with communities impacted by violence, mass atrocities, forced migration, loss of assets and malnutrition. Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) is a global actionoriented feminist organisation, founded in Geneva in 1974, and relocated to Kampala, Uganda, in 1993. The organisation has since 1996 focused on enhancing women's leadership in conflict and post-conflict settings. Its well-grounded social and gender justice values are sustained by a mission 'to ignite women's leadership, amplify voices and deepen their activism in (re)creating peace'. Isis-WICCE has over the years dedicated its innovative approaches (research, capacity building, dialogue and coalition building), to address the concerns of women war survivors. Using exchange visits and programmes, Isis-WICCE has enhanced the skills of more than 500 women leaders in conflict and post-conflict settings globally, who have replicated the skills in the affected communities through a giving-back-to-the-community strategy that addresses the specific needs of women and girls war survivors. This approach has subsequently restored hope, renewed the spirits of the abused women, and enhanced their dignity. 1