Demobilization, Disarmament, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration (DDRRR)

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In this section, PeaceWomen classifies information by Theme- Demobilization, Disarmament, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration, which forms part of PeaceWomen’s framework to organize our women, peace and security resources for ease of reference and understanding. It is important to note that themes and sub-themes are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.

Disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, reintegration, and resettlement (DDRRR) of armed groups is a process that takes place during the implementation phase of a peace process in a conflict-affected situation, and is considered to be “essential for a transition from war to peace to be successful.” The various phases are overlapping and interdependent. DDRRR affects both women and combatants as members of a conflict-affected community.

When women are not included or their particular and often different roles during conflict are not taken into account, DDR activities are unlikely to be effective. Not only will they be less efficient, but also run the risk of reinforcing existing gender inequalities in local communities. Such non-inclusive programs will likely exacerbate the economic hardship faced by women and girls from armed groups and will leave unresolved any trauma and reduced physical-capacity experienced as a result of violence during the conflict.

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April 25, 2012 (Foreign Policy )
ARAB SPRING: 'Why Do They Hate Us' In "Distant View of a Minaret," the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex with her husband that as he focuses solely on his pleasure, she notices a spider web she must sweep off the ceiling and has time to ruminate on her husband's repeated refusal to prolong intercourse until she too climaxes, "as though purposely to deprive her."
April 17, 2012 (Open Democracy)
INTERNATIONAL: Peace Movements: Violence Reduction as Common Sense If one thing holds the overall movement of peace movements together it is the goal of violence reduction. There's a shared conviction that violence is a choice, that there exists, much more often than commonly supposed, a more violent and a less violent course of action. Can we justifiably speak of a global movement against war?
January 12, 2012 (Women News Network)
HAITI: Sexual Violence in Haiti's Displacement Camps Still 'Rampant' Says New Report In a combined effort to get vital information out to the public covering ongoing conditions for women and girls' safety in Haiti on the second anniversary of the crisis that hit the region causing over 608,000 people to become homeless, human rights advocacy group for women – MADRE – has teamed up with on-the-ground legal experts and women's advocates in Haiti to release a new report, “Struggling to Survive – Sexual Exploitation of Displaced Women and Girls in Port au Prince, Haiti.”
January 10, 2012 (The Africa Report)
DRC: Protectors or Sexual Predators "A dead rat is worth more than the body of a woman." Those were the words of one distraught young woman whom I met in Walikale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2010. As the world was once again outraged at the reports of mass rapes in early June 2011 in the South Kivu, her words came back to me. Those attacks marked the fourth incident in a series of mass rapes which took place in the previous 18 months in the country. Hundreds of children, women and men have been left to recover with little or no assistance.
January 9, 2012 (The National Law Journal)
LIBYA: Hidden Deaths of Libyan Rape Survivors Rape victims should be considered wounded combatants rather than mere victims of sexual violence. Wartime rape is a persistent and brutal aspect of conflict, whether during or in the aftermath of hostilities. In the recent warfare in Libya, as well as in most civil and international armed conflicts, women were subjected to different forms of visible and invisible violence, including sexual exploitation and abuse.