- Title
- 'Security starts with the law': the role of international law in the protection of women's security post-conflict
- Creator
- Maguire, Amy
- Relation
- The Role of International Law in Rebuilding Societies After Conflict: Great Expectations p. 218-243
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511576478.012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- The concept of security is often simplified and misunderstood in postconflict societies - those in which 'predominately male combatants have ceased to engage in "official" war. During post-war transition, women's victimhood has been emphasised at the expense of careful inquiry into women's unique experiences of conflict or their security needs during the peace-building process. Women's interactions with the notion of security are varied and complex, and extend far beyond a desire for an end to the 'official' war. This chapter explores two questions: what are the views of women regarding the role of law in protecting their security, and to what extent is law - both international and domestic - capable of transforming approaches to women's security? These questions respond to the demand, commonly expressed by women living through post-conflict transition, for a transformation rather than a mere reinterpretation of existing socio-political structure.
- Subject
- international law; security; women; post-conflict societies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918015
- Identifier
- uon:8486
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780521509947
- Language
- eng
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