women warriors fight their way back into Liberian society
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- World of Work : the magazine of the ILO
- Magazine Year
- 2005
- Magazine Number
- 54
- Creator
- Specht, Irma
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, krijgsmacht, seksueel geweld, gelijke behandeling, Liberia
- Description
- Author, ILO consultant, reports of the women who took up arms during Liberia's civil war. Now that the war is over, fear and uncertainty still trouble some of the women fighters. The ILO develop gender-sensitive policies and programmes that may help them reintegrate into society. Many women became fighters to protect themselves and other women from rape and murder. To prove their equality with males was another reason.