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Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan

01/06/1993

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Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan

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This article has arisen from forty interviews with women in Afghanistan, to find out the effects the civil war is having on their lives. The interviews revealed less obviously apparent impacts of war; those relating to mental and physical health problems, including suicide attempts, associated with trauma; most of the women were no longer able […]

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Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil

01/06/1993

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Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil

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Anti-Slavery International is calling for the Brazilian Government and the ‘Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of Children’ to unite in efforts against the trafficking of women and girls in Brazil. These two bodies should also raise awareness of what has recently become an increasing problem. This article explains how women are tricked into […]

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Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

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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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The psychosocial effects of ‘La Violencia’ on widows of El Quiché, Guatemala

01/06/1993

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The psychosocial effects of ‘La Violencia’ on widows of El Quiché, Guatemala

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This article explores the psychosocial effects of war on Maya Indian widows in villages in Guatemala’s El Quiche province. For three years the Government sponsored terrorism as part of a 30-year civil war in Guatemala. Zur examines the different forms of violence the women face, their changing roles and increasing politicisation, and how pre-existing community […]

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Domestic violence as a development issue

01/06/1993

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Domestic violence as a development issue

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Western organisations need to ensure that violence against women is a central concern in development policies. They can do this by: supporting women in the South; tackling misconceptions that surround different forms of violence; and being prepared to confront unequal power relations that provide a framework to the violence. A case study of an NGO […]

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Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

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Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

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The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

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Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

01/06/1993

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Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

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Violence against women is a complex, worldwide, issue of human rights. It has so far been scarcely documented, and this article provides a crucial overview of the key issues. Gender-based violence is one manifestation of unequal power relations between men and women, in the realms of politics, economics, society, and culture. The authors show how […]

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Working on gender in conflict situations: some ideas on strategy

01/06/1993

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Working on gender in conflict situations: some ideas on strategy

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In areas of conflict, gender considerations are often sidelined as other goals – not least, survival – become all encompassing. But the challenge for relief agencies is to work with local NGOs to address gender issues together. Partners should see women as part of survival and rehabilitation programmes, not an impediment to them. Co-operation between […]

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Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

01/06/1993

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Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

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In all Asian countries, political repression and lack of economic productivity are affecting women to a far greater degree than men. This article shows why this is so, looking at how women’s rights are violated in different contexts: urban, rural, export processing zones, tourist areas, and by civil war. The author asserts that advocates of […]

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Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

01/06/1993

7 pages long

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Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

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Relief organisations need to change the way they work with women refugees (and men and child refugees), to allow them a say in their own development. This is important not just in terms of grassroots involvement and a say in policy-making, but also for refugees’ self-respect. Wallace explains why women should be fully represented in […]

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