Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 April 2010
“IHL takes a particular male perspective on armed conflict, as a norm against which to measure equality. In a world where women are not equals of men, and armed conflict impacts upon men and women in a fundamentally different way, a general category of rules that is not inclusive of the reality for women cannot respond to their situation.”
1 Gardam, J. and Jarvis, M., Women, Armed Conflict and International Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2001, p. 93.Google Scholar
2 Ibid., p. 94.
3 Ibid., p. 18.
4 Ibid., p. 97.