ABSTRACT
This chapter revisits our book, On the Frontlines: Gender, War and the Post-Conflict Process (2011). The chapter discusses our collective effort to capture the diverse stories, experiences and viewpoints of women and girls in conflicted societies, because we were deeply dissatisfied with the ways in which international law theorisation and analysis failed to recognise the breadth and complexity of those experiences and failed to appreciate their relevance to the legal regulation of war and peace. We felt that new thinking on the gendered hardwiring of law and peace was both over due and timely. At that time, although the international community was using the language of ‘women, peace and security’. based on the formative 2000 Security Council Resolution, we identified both theoretical and policy gaps in the international law and transitional justice literatures and wanted to draw together critical discussions on gender (broadly defined) in the context of war, post-war transitional justice and ‘nation building’ efforts. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the book’s legacy and its relevance to contemporary theory and practice on regulating war and making peace.
