In what now seems a world of long, long ago, the legitimate aim of conflict was to weaken the military forces of the enemy. At the dishonourable end of the 20th Century, warfare became a shabby and cowardly affair, conducted by men who did not want to get killed themselves but thirsted to inflict the maximum hurt on the adversary’s culture, society and economy. An important strategic rather than unintended consequence of this ugly mindset is to terrify and rape women and drive them like starving cattle to the margins.
Until now, the impact wars make on women has been wrapped in a Harry Potter cloak of invisibility for policy planners.
