Impact of Armed Conflict on Women in Kashmir

The book provides relevant and necessary information about the impact of armed conflict on women in Kashmir. The book is interdisciplinary in nature and may be relevant in the field of psychology, sociology and social work, law, history and culture, home science and women studies. This book has divided Kashmir women in two categories i.e., disrupted women and intact women. Disrupted women are those women who are directly exposed to violence due to armed conflict. Sense of insecurity and fear is having a severe impact on their well being. Violence and trauma has devastated their lives and such women include direct victims of violence; women from disadvantaged group; and socially excluded women. In this book, direct victims of violence cover half widows, widows, and sexually violated women. Half widows are those women whose husbands are missing but not known to be dead and the term is often applied to women whose husbands have disappeared due to conflict in Kashmir. Widows are those women whose husbands have been killed in conflict. Sexually violated women are those who have faced sexual violence due to conflict like raped, molested and harassed women. Moreover, disadvantaged group consists of those women whose are family members of killed persons, arrested, interrogated and tortured persons and disappeared persons. Socially excluded women involve registered migrant women and unregistered internally displaced women. Gripped by the armed conflict many Kashmiris have been forced to abandon their birthplace due to the complex situation thus making the life of women more dejected and disorganized. Intact women are those women who are facing indirect experiences of armed conflict. Conflict prevents these women from continuing their daily lives and hinders their personal development. Such women comprise of homemakers, Students and professionals. Home makers include housewives, in-house girls and elderly women at home. Students include girls from higher secondary schools, degree colleges, professional colleges and universities. Professionals consists of women from various economic sectors i.e., teachers, doctors, engineers, corporate workers, entrepreneurs, agriculturists, cottage workers and hawkers. 

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