The Aftermath: Women in Post-Conflict Transformation

What happens to women in the aftermath of war and internal conflict? This book demonstrates that the post-war period is too late for women to transform patriarchal gender relations; the foundations for change must be built during conflict. The contributors analyze what women endure and what they construct during and after conflict, what obstacles they encounter in their search for autonomy and what bonds of solidarity they create in building peace.

Author Biography: Meredeth Turshen teaches Gender and Development, and Third World Social Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University.

Author Biography: Sheila Meintjes is Senior Lecturer in Political Studies, and coordinator of the Gender Studies Program in the Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of the Witswatersrand.

Author Biography: Anu Pillay is a gender and development practitioner and winner of South Africa MaAfrika award in 1996 for social contribution.