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Women in Kashmir Conflict: Victims, Survivors, Peace Builders and Perpetrators

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  • Seema Shekhawat

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Generally, women's experiences of armed conflict are multiple and may be classified as vulnerable victims, survivors, peace builders and perpetrators of conflict. In all these roles the effect is both negative as well as positive. Conflict may have grave implications for women while at the same time it may create new opportunities for them. The paper aims at exploring various experiences of women in Kashmir conflict. Women in Kashmir have been continuously the victims of physical/psychological, cultural as well as economic violence. Yet, they have also resisted, for instance, by refusing to veil. In another role, the women in Kashmir have been at the forefront of militancy during the initial period when there was a mass uprising against the Indian State. Since then women have also been active in supporting the militant movement. The setting up of the Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in 1994 is an important initiative on the part of women towards bringing peace in Kashmir. However, in the peace processes initiated from time to time, the gender dimension is often ignored and remains invisible.

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  • Seema Shekhawat, 2007. "Women in Kashmir Conflict: Victims, Survivors, Peace Builders and Perpetrators," The IUP Journal of Governance and Public Policy, IUP Publications, vol. 0(4), pages 43-55, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:icf:icfjgp:v:02:y:2007:i:4:p:43-55
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