What Happened to the Women?: Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations

The first volume of the International Center for Transitional Justice's new Advancing Transitional Justice Series.

Published with the support of the International Development Research Centre.

What happens to women whose lives are transformed by human rights violations? What happens to the voices of victimized women once they have their day in court or in front of a truth commission? Women face a double marginalization under authoritarian regimes and during and after violent conflicts. Nonetheless, reparations programs are rarely designed to address the needs of women victims. What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations, argues for the introduction of a gender dimension into reparations programs. The volume explores gender and reparations policies in Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Timor-Leste.

Ruth Rubio-Marin is a research consultant managing a major project on gender and reparations for the International Center for Transitional Justice. She is professor of constitutional law at the University of Seville, Spain, and a faculty member of the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University. She is author and editor of several books, including Immigration as a Democratic Challenge and The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence.