What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations
Categories: Human Rights, Statebuilding, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Political Transitions, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Transitional Justice
Country: Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Timor-Leste
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2006
Citation: Rubio-Marín, Ruth ed. What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2006.
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Political Transitions, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Transitional Justice
Country: Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Timor-Leste
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2006
Citation: Rubio-Marín, Ruth ed. What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2006.
Executive Summary
What happens to women whose lives are transformed by human rights violations? What happens to the voices of victimized women once they have their day in court or in front of a truth commission? Women face a double marginalization under authoritarian regimes and during and after violent conflicts. Nonetheless, reparations programs are rarely designed to address the needs of women victims. What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations argues for the introduction of a gender dimension into reparations programs. The volume explores gender and reparations policies in Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Timor-Leste.