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| Date Added to Site: 27th July 2009 | ||
| Short Summary | ||
| Title | Gender Profile of the Conflict in Sri Lanka | |
| Author | WomenWarPeace.org | |
| Publication Date | June 2008 | |
| Publisher | United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) | |
| Donor | United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) | |
| Short Summary |
The civil ethnic conflict in the North and East of Sri Lanka has had enormous implications for women and children, particularly girls. This paper sets out some of these specific impacts and provides information on efforts to ensure a more gender-sensitive process towards peace that takes into account the needs of women and girls. Some of the impacts of the conflict include: - Women have been detained, harassed and even raped at checkpoints and had other aspects of their personal security violated in the two decades of civil war. - There are an estimated 40,000 war widows in Sri Lanka. The loss of male breadwinners has created a new group of women vulnerable to economic hardship. - Girls and women are often used in suicide attacks because they are less likely to be searched at check points. - Forced prostitution of migrants and displaced women and survival prostitution is widespread in conflict-affected areas of Sri Lanka - Women are severely underrepresented at the political and decision-making levels in Sri Lanka. - makes mainstreaming difficult. In order to begin addressing some of these issues, a Subcommittee on Gender Issues has been established by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and has been playing an active role in peace talks. The Committee members have acknowledged the widespread and profound suffering of women as a consequence of war. Issues they have decided to focus on include: political representation and decision-making, violence against women, resettlement, personal security, livelihood and employment. |
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