Women and wars: Some trajectories towards a feminist peace

Afshar, Haleh

doi:10.1080/09614520302949

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“…In these specific situations, women are characterized in their capacity as wives, mothers and considered vulnerable. "It is too simplistic to assume that it is in the nature of men and women to be situated in the public and private arenas, respectively, and that it is essence of their beings that men become associated with wars, revolutions, and rebellions, while women become associated with peace" (Afshar, 2003). This claim of society considering men to be assertive and hence the proponents of violent conflict call for the statement above.…”

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empirical history of Middle East in an Islamic context debunks the notion of women regarded as peacemakers and emphasize on women as both revolutionaries and combatants (Afshar, 2003). For instance, Muslim women have kept on taking part in wars and battles over the century.…”

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Muslim women have kept on taking part in wars and battles over the century. Citing Iran as a case, Afshar (2003) notes that historically speaking, women have taken part in protest, rebellions, and revolutions in the form of leading riots to demand cheaper bread in the nineteenth century, played a more significant role in the tobacco revolution of 1981 which resulted in a ban on tobacco. In a similar vein, women in Iran during the second world war were active in the revolutions that took place in 1953 and 1979 (p.179).…”

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Women, for instance, were given the same military training as men in the ANC forces in South Africa to fight during the apartheid era and in Vietnam and Southern Sudan women were mighty warriors (Afshar, 2003).…”

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender and Conflict

Okyere

2018

Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies

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Violent conflicts come with a high level of wreckage on lives, property, and survival networks. Armed conflict terrorizes and kills large numbers of people, creates economic dislocation, human and capital flight, massive impoverishment and social breakdown. Thus, making the challenges faced by post-conflict countries more severe than those faced by poor but peaceful developing countries. During a war, women are considered vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, sexual slavery, disease, and forced recruitment into armed groups. As survivors of violent conflict, they bear the burden of reconstruction. This kind of stereotypical connotation associated with women has led to gender inequality regarding who is considered as weak and victim during a war. It is contended that men are the ones who engage in war and when they are killed, disappear, or dislocated, women are left behind with the burden of ensuring family livelihood. Women and their roles in society have become more and more prominent not only in the scientific discussions of conflict but also post-conflict reconstruction and sustenance of peace. This work, therefore, sought to discuss how the discourse about war is gendered and throwed light on gendered violence in contemporary warfare and the gendered role played during war/conflict. Besides, it discusses the impact of conflict on women as well as the role women played in post-conflict reconstruction to enhance development. I do not try to base my arguments on a bias male perspective but the available literature and contend that though women suffer violence in war-torn societies, they are not only victims of war but also engage in war.

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Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Gendered Dimension Of Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender and Conflict

Okyere

2018

Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies

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“…We know that during the war, women were not mere victims but were called upon to fulfil different roles; such as breadwinners, combatants, peace activists, humanitarian assistance, support groups, etc. (Kumar, 2001;Afshar, 2003). While there is a tendency to revert to traditional roles and to compel women to retreat from public life, the post-war moment also offers women possibilities for engagement in response to devastation and humanitarian emergency, and in other civil society groups.…”

Section: Subverting the National(ist) Ideal?: Citizenship As Pluralismentioning

confidence: 99%