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Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone
This thesis attempts to discusses how conflict can be a time of change for women and how conflict can be a crucial aspect for change and improvement. Conflict provides a chance for the women to witness and experience the disruption of gender roles, which was a common practice during wartime, as wome...
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| description | This thesis attempts to discusses how conflict can be a time of change for women and how conflict can be a crucial aspect for change and improvement. Conflict provides a chance for the women to witness and experience the disruption of gender roles, which was a common practice during wartime, as women were placed in roles that were not officially theirs, according to what society adheres to or ascribes as acceptable roles for women. The conflict is presented as a “window” of opportunity. However, the reality of the situation of this “window” is not uniform across all post-conflict societies; the results could differ due to the time period or the geographical location of the conflict. The thesis attempts to answer Why do women in post-conflict countries such as France experience political representation and legal rights after, while in other countries with similar war experiences, like Lebanon and Sierra Leone, such gains are minimal or non-existent? The thesis attempts to answer through a tracing the women’s experiences in the three different countries in all the ways they are both different or similar. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3788 Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone Sayed, Alaa S This thesis attempts to discusses how conflict can be a time of change for women and how conflict can be a crucial aspect for change and improvement. Conflict provides a chance for the women to witness and experience the disruption of gender roles, which was a common practice during wartime, as women were placed in roles that were not officially theirs, according to what society adheres to or ascribes as acceptable roles for women. The conflict is presented as a “window” of opportunity. However, the reality of the situation of this “window” is not uniform across all post-conflict societies; the results could differ due to the time period or the geographical location of the conflict. The thesis attempts to answer Why do women in post-conflict countries such as France experience political representation and legal rights after, while in other countries with similar war experiences, like Lebanon and Sierra Leone, such gains are minimal or non-existent? The thesis attempts to answer through a tracing the women’s experiences in the three different countries in all the ways they are both different or similar. 2026-06-11T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2727 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3788/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Women Wars Post- Conflict France Lebanon Sierra Leone WWII Civil Wars Comparative Politics International Relations Women's Studies |
| spellingShingle | Women Wars Post- Conflict France Lebanon Sierra Leone WWII Civil Wars Comparative Politics International Relations Women's Studies Sayed, Alaa S Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone |
| title | Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone |
| title_full | Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone |
| title_fullStr | Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone |
| title_short | Women and Wars: Understanding Women’s Political Empowerment Post- Conflict in France, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone |
| title_sort | women and wars understanding women s political empowerment post conflict in france lebanon and sierra leone |
| topic | Women Wars Post- Conflict France Lebanon Sierra Leone WWII Civil Wars Comparative Politics International Relations Women's Studies |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2727 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3788/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf |
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