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Conclusion
Despite hard-won gains in advancing the role of gender in transitional
societies, transitional justice still faces a difficult task implementing gender as a central issue in practice due to the complex web of gender-based
harms. However the advancements made in international law regarding
sexual violence, the increased role of women in truth seeking, the creation of gender units in reparation programs, and the increased recognition for a role for women in public institutions must be looked upon
with a degree of optimism. Whilst all four pillars of transitional justice
currently face failure in tackling the diverse web of gender-based harms
effectively in practice, the attitudinal shift towards gender-based transition and the increasing recognition of gender as a key issue in transition
demonstrates a developing trend towards including gender as a central
issue in transitional justice.
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