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Unexpected consequences of everyday life during the Maoist insurgency in Nepal

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines gendered aspects of women’s lives in a hill village in central Nepal during the decade-long civil war (1996-2006). The predominantly middle aged and elderly women discussed in the paper were not directly influenced by Maoist equality agendas, nor have they been – as yet - significantly empowered by the recent post-conflict gender reservations. Rather, the paper argues that it was via the unintended consequences of the conflict - their unexpected leadership of a village development project – that these women forged an alternative path towards gender transformation.

Source: University of Limerick Institutional Repository (University of Limerick)

DOI: 10.34961/7726

Author: Pettigrew, Judith

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Security, and Conflict

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

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

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2129249752

FWCI: 2.183

Cites: 7

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10