Authors
Linnéa Blomqvist, Elisabeth Olivius, Jenny Hedström
Publication date
2021/5/4
Journal
Conflict, Security & Development
Volume
21
Issue
3
Pages
223-244
Publisher
Routledge
Description
This article draws on feminist perspectives on the everyday to explore women’s everyday experiences of peace in Kayah state in Myanmar. We locate the daily practices women engage in to maintain life and minimise violence, making visible women’s contributions to everyday peace. In addition, we examine the ways in which women are disproportionally affected by war and prevented from benefitting from post-war changes. Our findings demonstrate that practices of care and silence are key avenues for women’s everyday peacebuilding, through which women sustain peace, ensure survival, and minimise violence in their families and wider communities. At the same time, however, these practices are conditioned by and may contribute to gendered insecurity and marginalisation for women. Through this focus, our analysis shows how women’s positioning in gendered relations of power may both enable their …
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Scholar articles
L Blomqvist, E Olivius, J Hedström - Conflict, Security & Development, 2021