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Looking Back at Partition and Women: A Factsheet

Within patriarchal structures, women are often considered as embodiments of the honor of
the whole community. Accordingly, in times of ethnic, religious or other violent conflict,
they become major targets. Rape has always been a potent weapon of war in humiliating
and emasculating the enemy. This Factsheet provides a glimpse into the magnitude and
nature of the sexual violence that was unleashed during the Partition of the Indian
Subcontinent in 1947 and the issues that germinated from it.

Author(s): 
Anwesha Sengupta
Language: 
English
URL: 
wiscomp.org/pubn/wiscomp-peace-prints/4-1/ANEWESHA.pdf
Publisher/Sponsor: 
Peace prints