Frozen Emotions: Women's Experience of Violence and Trauma in El Salvador, Kenya and Rwanda

Posted on March 3, 1998
In Publications, Research
by Polly Dewhirst

In this report, Polly Dewhirst extracts women's common experiences of violence and trauma in El Salvador, Kenya and Rwanda. Initiatives in these countries to bring together survivors to rebuild their lives are part of the emerging international movement against gender inequality.

Frozen Emotions

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Polly Dewhirst

Polly Dewhirst is a former Project Manager in the Transitional Justice Programme at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. She obtained her B.A history from the McGill University.

Tags: Gender-based Violence, Violence and Trauma

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