Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2016
Abstract
Transitional justice refers to a variety of mechanisms established to help postconflict societies account for the war and build the peace, including war crimes tribunals, truth and reconciliation commissions, and reparations programs. The framework of transitional justice, while responsive to local actors and local realities, was largely constructed by external actors, including foreign states, international organizations, non-governmental agencies, advocates, and academics working in the fields of human rights and rule of law promotion. The gender dilemma for global and local transitional justice practitioners is the increasing awareness that most women in war-affected countries have not been well-served by the considerable analysis, resources, and programming devoted to post-conflict transition. Too often, women are worse off in the period after armed conflict than they were during the war, due to heightened risks of physical violence, deepening social misery, or extreme political marginalization. This paper argues for a rethinking of the logic, rhetoric, and direction of transitional justice so that it better serves the whole society, women and men alike. It offers one approach to this re-envisioning by proposing qualitative research among women engaged in grassroots peacebuilding working within country-specific contexts.
Publication Title
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Occasional Paper Series
First Page
6
Recommended Citation
Jennifer Moore,
Engendering Peace and Justice after Armed Conflict: A Call for Qualitative Research among Women's Community Networks,
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Occasional Paper Series
6
(2016).
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Comments
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