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Gender, Women, and Truth Commissions: The Canadian and South African Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

Year: 2014

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Truth and reconciliation commissions vary across geo-political context, depending on the social, economic, and political landscapes. In this thesis I compare how the truth and reconciliation commissions in Canada and South Africa vary in their approach to gender. If truth and reconciliation commissions (TRC) are venues to address past injustices, then the different gendered experiences of injustice need to be centred in the work of commissions. Yet, as I argue, the Canadian TRC has only minimally incorporated gender differences into its work, and while the South African TRC made women’s experiences more central, it too did not fully address the impact of gendered forms of domination.

Source: UVic’s Research and Learning Repository (University of Victoria)

Author: Katie Reid

Language: English

Topic: War, Law, and Justice

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2253136471

Cites: 60

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10