Research on Franco's military justice system from a gender perspective. The case of Navarre (1936–1948)

Abstract

One of the elements that Francoism used to oppress citizens was military justice. Women also suffered this type of repression in a specific way, and although the legal basis did not differentiate according to gender, it has been verified that the punishable activities were not the same for men and women.
This work describes some studies carried out from a gender perspective on military justice, focusing mainly on the conclusions drawn. In Navarre, work has been done with military summaries open to women in the period 1936-1948, which are available in archives and documentation funds.
Thanks to all this, the first quantitative figures on military justice in Navarre have been obtained, and, at the same time, a small qualitative analysis carried out on some of these summaries may have confirmed that what was concluded in some studies also occurred in Navarre.
Finally, several avenues are proposed, and the aim is to continue to delve into the specific repression suffered by women through military justice, since this repression was also unique in Navarre, and placed much greater emphasis on moral violations than on political ones.