Gendered war and gendered peace: Truth Commissions and postconflict gender violence: Lessons from South Africa

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1169-1193

  Borer, Tristan Anne ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Reparations; Sexual violence; South Africa; Truth commissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; VICTIM; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVORS; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 70349873342     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209344676     Document Type: Article

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