Women, Violence and Nonviolent Resistance in East Timor

Bibliographic Data

ID3917356
AuthorsChristine Mason (The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume42
Issue6
Pages737-749
Publication date2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022343305057890
OpenAlexW2125765278
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited26

A growing literature in peace and conflict studies assesses the relationship between women and nonviolence. Numerous national liberation fronts and academic critiques assess how women participate in nonviolent resistance from Tibet and West Papua to Palestine and Eritrea. However, many liberation struggles that include female nonviolent resistance remain undocumented, and this article aims to delve into one case study in particular. The article examines the nonviolent roles adopted by women in the East Timorese liberation struggle, a national liberation movement in which the participation of female combatants was low but nonviolent participation by women in the resistance movement overall was high. However, the consequences for such women was, and remains, shaped by the overarching patriarchal structures of both the Indonesian occupiers and East Timorese society itself. Female nonviolent resistance was met with highly violent responses from Indonesian troops, especially in the form of rape and sexual exploitation. Yet, this study also found that women acting under religious auspices faced less violent responses overall. Interviews with East Timorese women are used to reveal some of the sexual dynamics of nonviolent action and reprisal. This material is placed in the context of theoretical work on gender, violence and nonviolence

Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Indonesian · Liberation movement · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Sexual violence · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education

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