Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones around the world; in the Democratic Republic of Congo alone, approximately 1,100 rapes are reported each month. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and responses to sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict. It explores the function and effect of wartime sexual violence and examines the conditions that make women and girls most vulnerable to these acts both before, during and after conflict. To understand the motivations of the men (and occasionally women) who perpetrate this violence, the book analyzes the role played by systemic and situational factors such as patriarchy and militarized masculinity. Difficu...
How can the use of sexual violence in Congo (DRC) be understood in the recent war from 1998 to 2003?...
Rape and sexual violence has been a part of war throughout history. Wartime rape that occurred durin...
Sexual violence in conflict is high on the agenda of the international humanitarian community. Despi...
Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones aroun...
All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as ...
© 2012 Dr. Sara A. MegerThe widespread and systematic use of rape and other forms of sexual violence...
Sexual violence against women in war is an issue that is well reported and well known to the public ...
Sexual violence in armed conflict is not a new phenomenon. Although it has a long history, it's only...
Sexual violence finds its most brutal expression during armed conflicts. Across culture and time, s...
All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as ...
Sexual violence is a highly gendered violence. It disproportionately – albeit not exclusively – affe...
In the mid 1970s, at the peak of the women’s movement, feminist activism and research opened the doo...
Why is it that men and boys have been and still are violated in human conflict, be it in conventiona...
Evidence suggests the twenty-first century has witnessed a surge in armed conflicts and ethnic wars ...
This article first examines two types of causes of sexual violence in armed conflict: systemic, or m...
How can the use of sexual violence in Congo (DRC) be understood in the recent war from 1998 to 2003?...
Rape and sexual violence has been a part of war throughout history. Wartime rape that occurred durin...
Sexual violence in conflict is high on the agenda of the international humanitarian community. Despi...
Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones aroun...
All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as ...
© 2012 Dr. Sara A. MegerThe widespread and systematic use of rape and other forms of sexual violence...
Sexual violence against women in war is an issue that is well reported and well known to the public ...
Sexual violence in armed conflict is not a new phenomenon. Although it has a long history, it's only...
Sexual violence finds its most brutal expression during armed conflicts. Across culture and time, s...
All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as ...
Sexual violence is a highly gendered violence. It disproportionately – albeit not exclusively – affe...
In the mid 1970s, at the peak of the women’s movement, feminist activism and research opened the doo...
Why is it that men and boys have been and still are violated in human conflict, be it in conventiona...
Evidence suggests the twenty-first century has witnessed a surge in armed conflicts and ethnic wars ...
This article first examines two types of causes of sexual violence in armed conflict: systemic, or m...
How can the use of sexual violence in Congo (DRC) be understood in the recent war from 1998 to 2003?...
Rape and sexual violence has been a part of war throughout history. Wartime rape that occurred durin...
Sexual violence in conflict is high on the agenda of the international humanitarian community. Despi...