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feminist conversations women trauma and empowerment in post transitional societies
feminist conversations is a forum of cross cultural communication among women from different parts of the world as well as from different life paths . it draws on several disciplines including gender studies psychology and political science to gain insight into the following questions do post transitional societies become more women friendly as they become more democratic which strategies of empowerment can women use to obtain political voice and improve their everyday lives how do they cope with traumatic experiences and memories womens rights activists and feminist scholars from lithuania armenia south africa guatemala and the united states reflect on the productivity of different practices for increasing political standing the efficiency of different methods of dealing with gender violence and the different empowerment mechanisms of coping with trauma . the authors engage in a dialogue about the applicability of these practices methods and mechanisms to various countries and cultures .