Essays about: "Miriam van Baalen"

Found 2 essays containing the words Miriam van Baalen.

1. 1. Beyond Bullets and Ballots : A theoretical inquiry on sexualised election violence

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Miriam van Baalen; [2019]
   Keywords : Sexual violence; election-related violence; wartime; peacetime; women; gender and politics;

   Abstract : How can we understand sexual violence in electoral conflict? This study probes into this question through critically examining, structuring and assessing the status of election-related violence literature. Scholars within the interdisciplinary field that explores conflict-related sexual violence have given rise to important debates and insights on the dynamics and drivers of the prevalence of sexual violence in war, yet, such developments have remained absent in understandings of election-related violence. READ MORE

3. 2. “If you don’t take off your clothes, we’re going to kill you” : Sexual electoral violence as a silent weapon in Burundi and implications for humanitarian action

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Miriam van Baalen; [2017]
   Keywords : Conflict; civil war; sexual and gender-based violence; electoral violence; sexual electoral violence; impunity; Burundi; Africa.;

   Abstract : Previous research on electoral violence has explored the variation in manifestation, perpetrators, victims and causes or motivations.  While explanations have prescribed to structural and electoral factors or the nature of politics, nature of elections and electoral institutions, the causes and motivations behind sexual electoral violence has been under-researched. READ MORE