Reparations for Sexual and Reproductive Violence: Gender Justice and Human Security Challenges in Guatemala and Peru

  • Colleen Duggan

Summary

This chapter explores the problematic of repairing sexual and reproductive violence (SRV) perpetrated against women as one of the most severe manifestations of gender-based violence and recognized by Resolution 1325. The analysis demosntrates that SRV perpetrated by either State (police, military) or non-State actors (guerilla, paramilitary) undermines not only the ‘freedom from fear’ dimension of the human security of women, but also violates a series of other substantive economic, social and cultural rights. As such, SRV undermines human security in its entirety over a long period of time. Those who are responsible for implementing reparations programmes need to understand sexual and reproductive violence as a form of structural violence whose far-reaching impacts undermine victims’ chances for recovery and development even amidst the climate of optimism that generally accompanies post-conflict peacebuilding and democratic transition.

Citation

Duggan, Colleen. “Reparations for Sexual and Reproductive Violence: Gender Justice and Human Security Challenges in Guatemala and Peru.” In The Search for Lasting Peace: Critical Perspectives on Gender-Responsive Human Security, edited by Rosalind Boyd, 133-49. Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2014.

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