Working Paper No.21. Women in war and crisis zones - one key to Africa's wars of underdevelopment.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2002
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
Authors:
Brittain, V.

Abstract

The paper draws on research in war and post-war situations in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, Colombia and Palestine to illustrate how modern wars have a disproportionate impact on women in patterns common to all continents. It underlines findings by many international organisations about the key role women could play in peace-building or reconciliation, but argues that this will not be possible without new imaginative interventions in areas such as justice and psycho-social health, and without a shift in gender power relations in many areas.

Citation

Brittain, V. Working Paper No.21. Women in war and crisis zones - one key to Africa’s wars of underdevelopment. (2002) 14 pp.

Working Paper No.21. Women in war and crisis zones - one key to Africa’s wars of underdevelopment.

Published 1 January 2002
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