Beschreibung:
Drawing on rich empirical work emerging from core conflict regions within the island nation of Sri Lanka, this book illustrates the critical role that women with disabilities play in post-armed conflict rebuilding and development.
1. Introduction: Out of the shadows: Women with disabilities as agents of peace, justice and reparations in Sri Lanka. 2. Going beyond disability identity and creating communities of belonging: Perception management and gendered disability advocacy. 3. Music, resistance and change: The gendered-disability performativity of a Tamil woman with multiple disabilities. 4. Raging (e)motions. 5. Women with disabilities, advocacy and the law. 6. Learning about rights, claiming a gendered-disability identity: The role of reparations and gendered-disability justice. 7. Conclusion and recommendations: Enabling women with disabilities' advocacy and activism in the peace-building landscape