Gender and Reparations in Sierra Leone: The Wounds of War Remain Open

  • Jamesina King

Summary

The author Jamesina King illustrates how policymakers in Sierra Leone assumed that victims of war rape who became pregnant would be willing to care for and raise these children. Regrettably, this is one of several instances that illustrate how gender bias and sexual stereotyping can undermine postconflict policy and development planning, perhaps even sowing the seeds for tomorrow’s conflicts.

Citation

King, Jamesina. “Gender and Reparations in Sierra Leone: The Wounds of War Remain Open.” In What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations, edited by Ruth Rubio-Marín, 246-83. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2006.

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