Research Catalog

Title

What happened to the women? : gender and reparations for human rights violations / edited by Ruth Rubio-Marín ; foreword by Colleen Duggan.

Publication

New York : Social Science Research Council, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Rubio-Marín, Ruth.

Description

346 pages; 23 cm

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.--

Series Statement

Advancing transitional justice series

Uniform Title

Advancing transitional justice series.

Subject

• Brott mot kvinnor
• Krigsförbrytelser
• Reparations for historical injustices
• War crimes
• War reparations
• Women > Law and legislation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The gender of reparations : setting the agenda -- Evaluating the gender content of reparations : lessons from South Africa -- Guatemala : gender and reparations for human rights violations -- Linking gender and reparations in Peru : a failed opportunity -- Women and reparations in Rwanda : a long path to travel -- Gender and reparations in Sierra Leone : the wounds of war remain open -- Learning to engender reparations in Timor-Leste : reaching out to female victims.

ISBN

• 0979077206
• 9780979077203

LCCN

2006038218

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library