Women Experiences and Struggles with Disappearances in Kashmir

Abstract

Women who experience disappearances have specific need and concerns which need to be addressed as well as addressed through policy inclusion for effective reconciliation and peacebuilding in context of Kashmir. The disappearances phenomenon in Kashmir has hit a large population and pushed them in the category of vulnerability and liminality. The group especially largely the women family members are likely to suffer much due the disappearances of son, husbands or brother. The paper highlights the problems of disappearances and measures for peacebuilding. The methodology adopted is the qualitative inquiry through conducting the group interviews with the female victims of enforced disappearances in Kashmir.