Gendering Violent Conflicts - PDF
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY........................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTIONArmed forces refers to a military, naval, and air forces of a nation which is also known asarmed services. These forces are always been gendered. The role of woman in the combat has alwaysbeen controversial. Study shows that there are lot of country's where women have not been providedwith equal rights to have their participation in armed forces. Report will focus on how war affect thefemales differently and lays emphasis on increasing woman role in the armed conflict. It has beenanalysed that females are not provided with equal rights in armed conflicts which is one of the majorreason for people of that sector not getting equal opportunities in armed forces. This is one of themajor drawback which is been faced by majority of the country's. Report will lay emphasis on how the gender inequality impacts negatively on thedevelopment of armed forces. It will further discuss the challenges like sexual violence whichwomen faces in armed forces. Assignment will also analyse the gender differences followed in thearmed conflicts. Moreover, it will also lay focus on gender equitable political participation.MAIN BODYArmed conflict are gender oriented. This can be validated from various perspective ofdecision making before conflicts and providing financial assistance after the conflicts. The genderdiscrimination is vital particularly the women are not considered suitable as well as eligible for theseaspects. It is assumed that the participation of women will be restricted by their gender orientation.According to Davies, and True, (2015) as discussed in their article Reframing conflict-related sexualand gender-based violence: Bringing gender analysis back in this perspective creates restrictions intraining and development sessions of armed forces. During training programs though women areprovided training but it is believed that only men must be given more hardships during learningsession. The reason for this is that it is generally assumed that women cannot be used as armedconflict. They are delicate and are made for protection and care only. If they will be used in thesearmed conflicts then, it will only weaken the armed forces. It is strongly believed that women are not able to compete with the men and also it will bedifficult for them to maintain their survival and existence in environment of violence, hardships andfear (Davies and True, 2015). Thus, to enhance the participation of women and to provide them equalrights they must be involved in every decision making. The gender perspective are not only biasedtowards women. They also serve several hardships towards the other half male community. Postconflicts the reconstruction process requires funds and concern. However, it is assumed that thougharmed combat who are killed in wars are male. But the supporting and welfare agencies make1
attempts to provide services to women at first. They believe that men should be able to managehardships. It must be in their blood to maintain their strong nature. The pain and crying are meant forwomen and men are not allowed to do so. Thus, it is necessary that the care must be provided to victims but it should not be based ongender criteria. Another aspect of armed conflict which is biased for both genders is sexualharassments and violence. The women are more vulnerable to these harassments. The maledominating forces assumed that the women in war region can be used for harassments and it is theirlegal right to do so. On the other hand though there are limited instances of such harassments for menbut they are brutally tortured and treated with inhuman practices (Nolin, 2017). In the refugee campsand replacement after wars women are always given priority. The men are always discriminated in order to priorities women while providing comfortingfacilities post war or conflicts. The replacement must not be gender biased and all must be served ashuman beings instead of men or women. It is also analysed that women are easily targeted duringarmed conflicts (Lomsky-Feder & Sasson-Levy, (2017). They are considered as easy and successfulmethod to use as a covering for protection or for spying the opposite force. It is assumed that womenfits better in this role rather than participating directly in armed conflicts. During armed conflictswomen also suffers from humiliation from their family members. The soldiers of forces express theiranger and frustration on women in their families considering that they are not worthy for anything. Italso leads to gender based violence. Creating awareness in the most complex issues of societies such as sex violence is the vitalaspect in the role of developing a society and can also enhance there chances to contribute in armedforces. The study describes that in-spite of the laws made by government bodies related to woman,they face a huge discrimination for their identity in the armed forces. The women here are notprovided with equal rights to show their contribution in armed forces. (Lomsky-Feder & Sasson-Levy, (2017). It will also provide a better and safe environment to trans-genders who are involved inarmed forces, so that they can live in peace and enjoy the human rights given to them. Theawareness can be created by educating the members in armed forces about equality of rights given towomen. It will help in breaking the stereotypes and assumptions which would result in changing theviews and thoughts of societies towards these type of people. As per the view of Kabeer (2015) discussed in the article Gender, poverty, and inequality: abrief history of feminist contributions in the field of international development. The paper impartsbrief history about the contribution of feminists in the international development of armed conflict. It2
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