Wars and other conflict situations have been recognized as an aggravating factor in Women’s vulnerability, inflicting peculiar kinds of suffering. These include trafficking, kidnappings, sexual slavery and forced prostitution. Realizing these dangers, development and humanitarian assistance are regularly deployed to conflict zones with an emphasis on cushioning women and other vulnerable groups and shelter them from the worst of the effects of conflicts and war. The Workshop will review the situation of Women in Conflict situations and how efforts at alleviating their distress are undermined by corruption, impacting negatively on peace efforts, social justice and ultimately, development for not just the women but also other persons for whom they have a degree of responsibility
This will be a first time effort to address the gender dimensions of humanitarian assistance in conflict situations which are often ignored or lost in the broader narratives of war and corruption.
Session Rapporteur:
Monica Twesiime KiryaDiscussant: Ortrun Merkle
Ortrun is a Ph.D Research Fellow at UNU-MERIT/Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.Her thesis assesses the impact of gender norms on forms and effects of corruption. She is a part of the research team on migration and corruption at the Graduate School of Governance. For this research she focuses on gendered experiences of corruption throughout the migration journey, especially on sextortion. Ortrun has been teaching and supervising extensively on Bachelor and Master level, focusing on corruption, gender and security issues.
