gender and reparations for human rights violations
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Rubio-Marín, Ruth > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Pereira, Manuela Leong
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2006
- Thesaurus
- geweld, mensenrechten, oorlog en vrede, Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zuid-Afrika, Timor-Leste, bundel
- Description
- This is a research after the lives of 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. This book 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.