The Weaponization Of Women’s Bodies: Systemic Gendered And Intersectional Violence In The Conflict- Ridden Area
Published 27.07.2026
Keywords
- Borders and Boundaries,
- caste,
- feminist historiography,
- gender,
- gendered violence
- identity and dignity,
- intersectional discrimination,
- Palestinian women,
- politicalcommunal devaluation,
- proxy candidates,
- systemic violence,
- tribe,
- women of Indian subcontinent,
- women’s trauma ...More
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Abstract
From time immemorial to the present, women have endured violence, whether ethnic, religious, national, or gendered, perpetrated by both state and non-state actors. Partition, often framed as a geopolitical event, was fundamentally a feminist issue, where women suffered not a single instance of violence, but an unending torment. India’s social and political fabric is woven with threads of diversity-caste, tribe, and gender being the most defining strands. Despite modernization and democratization, caste continues to shape political behaviour, electoral outcomes, and patterns of representation. Women from backward classes, particularly Dalits, bear the heaviest burdens of intersectional discrimination, on the grounds of caste, class, and gender. In Panchayati Raj elections, they are often pushed as ‘benami’ or proxy candidates.
DOI - https://doi.org/10.66496/LCAP.9788168710122.2026.231-253