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Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan had succinctly highlighted the plight of female combatants by stating, “In order to be successful, DDR initiatives must be based on a concrete understanding of who combatants are — women, men, girls, boys. Recent analyses of DDR processes from a gender perspective have highlighted that women combatants are often invisible and their needs are overlooked.”1 Peace-building processes are tailored to disarm combatants and reintegrate them into mainstream. The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme in a post-conflict period is part of the process for political change ensuring justice and security for favourable changes in a conflict-ridden region. Is gender justice delivered through these programmes?
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Shekhawat, S., Pathak, B. (2015). Female Combatants, Peace Process and the Exclusion. In: Shekhawat, S. (eds) Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137516565_4
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