Women and conflict a case study of Sri Lanka
Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan
2134/15103
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Women_and_conflict_a_case_study_of_Sri_Lanka/9470615
Images of war and discourses around armed conflict and militarisation are subject to continuous
reconstruction and representations based on past and present events (Palmary 2003).
Discourses therefore, do not describe the world neutrally but rather classify it, revealing some
aspects of social reality while concealing others (Parker 1992). This is true when exploring
women’s lived experience in conflict and times of militarised nationalism. Women are constantly
represented as victims or perpetrators, little recognising that women play multiple roles,
depending on their situations, positionality and intersecting identities. [Continues.]
2014-07-03 10:48:03
Women
Conflict
Sri Lanka
Intersectionality
Participatory action research
Forced migration
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified