Through two Colombian case studies, Sanne Weber identifies the ways in which conflict experiences are defined by structures of gender inequality, and how these could be transformed in the post-conflict context. The author reveals that current, apparently gender-sensitive, transitional justice (TJ) and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) laws and policies ultimately undermine rather than transform gender equality and, consequently, weaken the chances of achieving holistic and durable peace. To overcome this, Weber offers an innovative approach to TJ and DDR that places gendered citizenship as both the starting point and the continued driving force of post-conflict reconstruction.
Sanne Weber is Research Fellow in the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham.
1. Introduction: Reparation, Reintegration and Transformation2. Gender, Violence and Reconciliation in Colombia3. Tales of Machismo and Motherhood: Gendered Changes Across War and Peace4. Between Victimization and Agency: Gendered Victim-Perpetrator Dichotomies5: Gendering Reconciliation? The ‘Differential Perspective’ of Reparation and Reintegration6: Gradations of Citizenship: Of Radical Agrarian Citizens and Transitional Justice Bureaucracies7: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizenship: Imagining Post-Conflict Gender Equality8: Conclusion: From Victimhood to CitizenshipAppendix: Checklist for Ethics in Research on Gender and Conflict