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