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Pushing the Limits: Young Women's Voices about War, Peace and Power

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Young women are at risk even during times of peace. They are often subjected to violence and denied sexual and reproductive health and rights. More than any other group in society, teenage girls are forbidden to move freely and to meet with friends. This often causes depression and undermines their self-esteem. Thus while patriarchal structures, that retain double standards and discriminatory morals, permit and encourage teenage boys to take up space, both with their bodies and minds, these same structures force millions of teenage girls into seclusion and into their role as custodians of the clan or family honour and chastity. During war and conflict patriarchal norms are reinforced and aggravated and they tend to both increase and legitimise male violence. Teenage girls are particularly at risk. Evident from a number of reports, girls suffer violence from both enemy forces and traumatized males from within their own groups who feel entitled to take out their anger on their females. This can continue in societies where the violence of male perpetrators goes unpunished.

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AWDF.0347

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Johanneshov : Kvinna till Kvinna., 2007

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English

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9197499986

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