When men head off to war , women take over the jobs they left behind . This causes an economic shift in certain countries because after the war these women usually want to keep their jobs . The shortage of labor force during the 1980 – 1988 Iran – Iraq War enabled women to enter fields of employment that had previously been closed to them and absorbed them into a large number of much-needed jobs . In '' Women and Work in Iran '' , Povey points , " The Iran – Iraq war reduced the supply of male labor is one factor . The war increased the number of women seeking work or resisting exclusion . Many women even occupied important positions for the first time " . This can also be seen in the Second Liberian Civil War , and in the Rwandan genocide . Women in both conflicts took over their husbands jobs due to the effects of the war , and received more economic equality as a result
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Effects of war