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Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

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Keywords

Conflict
Disasters
Finance
GaD
Gender and Development Journal
Gender mainstreaming

Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

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