Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Michigan State Journal of International Law
Publication Date
2007
Volume
15
First Page
63
Abstract
(Excerpt)
Any attempts to redress the harms women experience as a result of armed conflict must include a role for women in peace processes. The many excellent contributions to this symposium help us understand the complex ways in which gender affects, and is affected by, armed conflict. The end to a conflict may come too late to heal or adequately redress many gender-specific injuries: the psychological fall out and physical damage of sex-related war crimes, the permanent displacement of women and children from their homes, the destruction of families and livelihoods. Moreover, peace processes—the informal and formal mechanisms through which wars are brought to an end and transitions to a new post-war order are managed and regulated—may have longer term consequences for the welfare of women than the underlying armed conflicts. Precisely because war carries particularly devastating effects for women and girls, efforts to end war and prevent its recurrence must consider the role of women.
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