Abstract
<p><em>The vulnerable groups often become the victim of adverse party of armed conflict. Women is included in there. Women in armed conflict are affected directly or indirectly by the conflict, including gender based violence like rape, forced impregnation, or forced prostitution. In addition, armed conflict also affects the gender relation related to women, for example women become the breadwinner as the result of lost of husband due to the conflict. this research aimed to discuss on the impact of armed conflict on women, how international humanitarian law protects women in armed conflict and how the implementation of that protection.</em></p>
Highlights
Not directly involved in armed conflict but women have the potential to bear the consequences of armed conflict such as getting gender based violence (Siân Herbert, 2014:1) such as sexual violence which sometimes becomes part of the strategy in armed conflict
Gender-based violence can take the form of sexual violence, economic violence, psychic violence, physical violence, or other acts of violence perpetrated by an individual against another individual
Interpersonal violence that vulnerable to women in armed conflicts is rape, sexual violence or other physical and psychological violence, while structural violence encountered such as limited access to adequate space in a culture-specific detention in a community that does not permit women to exist In the same place, even though it's in the field though
Summary
The type of this legal research is normative-juridical, a legal research that is conducted based on law and regulation and library material, which is known as secondary material. Related with its type of research, the approach that is used in this paper is legal approach. Legal approach is done by reviewing the acts and regulations that related to the problem that is being discussed in this research
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