THE GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF TORTURE AND GENDER TRAUMA

Author: Konstantina Sklavou 

SUMMARY

Women participated actively in this entire historical, social and political course of the country, as (co-)fighters, mothers, companions, sisters, friends, widows and many accompanied by the tragic loss of their children, as has already become clear from the theoretical treatment of the subject. Their role, their action, their contribution and the consequences they suffered remain unseen and invisible, in danger of being lost in the oblivion of time. This is what the present research effort aims at, seeking to highlight the trauma, the gendered dimension of violence and torture, and especially the specificity in state power and crimes against women. The multifaceted action and presence of women throughout the freedom struggles in all historical periods from 1923 to 1974 is important to highlight so that women become visible and from the term his story, we move from his story to her story.

Keywords: trauma, gender violence, political violence, tortures.

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