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Changing Gender Role: Women’s Livelihoods, Conflict and Post-conflict Security in Nepal

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  • Luna K.C.
  • Gemma Van Der Haar
  • Dorothea Hilhorst

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This article examines how the Maoist conflict in Nepal affected women ex-combatants and non-combatants, looking at shifts in gender roles during and after the conflict particularly from the standpoint of current livelihood challenges. We argue changing gender roles largely depends upon everyday practice of gender division of labour and power as it evolved during and after the conflict. We also found the conflict had different and contradictory effects: Both categories of women experienced shift in gender roles, with women taking on tasks earlier reserved for men, but this effect was strongest amongst ex-combatants during conflict. In the aftermath of conflict, these changes were partly reversed and especially ex-combatant women faced severe livelihood challenges and returned to traditional gender roles. The article also considers how women experience state and non-state responses meant to improve their livelihoods security in the post-conflict setting. The article is based on in-depth fieldwork in Chitwan and Kathmandu districts of Nepal. It draws on interviews with women ex-combatants/non-combatants and key informant interviews.

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  • Luna K.C. & Gemma Van Der Haar & Dorothea Hilhorst, 2017. "Changing Gender Role: Women’s Livelihoods, Conflict and Post-conflict Security in Nepal," Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, , vol. 4(2), pages 175-195, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:asseca:v:4:y:2017:i:2:p:175-195
    DOI: 10.1177/2347797017710743
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