| dc.description.abstract | Conflicts are endemic in the human society. Since they are endemic in the society,
they should be accepted as a reality and managed in such a way that their dysfunctional
effects are minimized and their positive aspects maximized. Conflicts affect men and
women differently. Women are mostly affected because they do not posses means to
take-off during conflict, they have a strong attachment to taking care of the family
especially children, and women have become targets of armed conflict. During armed
conflict, women have found themselves unaccompanied by their male counterparts, their
role of taking care of children while their husbands are at war is aggravated by the lack of
resources, and women have become refugees. Women have become targets of armed
conflicts as a means of warfare. Women are raped, tortured, mutilated and killed. When
such happens to women, they are not accepted to the society as victims who need the care
of the society. Such victims have been considered outcasts in the society. Women
continue to be downplayed despite attempts to emancipate them in social and political
spheres.
The Somalia conflict is one of the protracted conflicts, which intensified since the
1991. The Somalia community is organized along patriarchal lines. Such organization
tends to elevate men in the social and political circles while reducing or downplaying the
social and political role of women in the society. Women are socially and politically
marginalized and disadvantaged. This can be based on cultural values and accessibility to
resources. The Somalia conflict especially since 1991 intensified the plight of the Somali
women both socially and politically. On the other hand, during the Somalia civil war the
have been attempts to emancipate the women. Although the women suffered mostly
during the conflict, they also came out as significant actors in the socio-political situation
of Somalia. This study presents and analyses the social and political effects of the
Somalia conflict on Somali women. | en |
