Essays about: "rape as a weapon of war"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words rape as a weapon of war.

  1. 1. What Male Victims? : An Analysis of Male Sexual Violence and the United Nations’ work in the DR

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Malmgren; [2021]
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    Abstract : The Democratic Republic of Congo has been tormented with a rape epidemic ever since the beginning of the war in the mid-1990s. Sexual violence is frequently used as a “weapon of war” to humiliate and dehumanize the victims as well as destroy communities. READ MORE

  3. 2. The systematic use of sexual violence in genocide : Understanding why women are being targeted using the cases of Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Viktoria Nicolaisen; [2019]
    Keywords : genocide; sexual violence; feminism; intersectionality; tactical rape; Rwanda; former Yugoslavia;

    Abstract : When describing sexual violence as a ’weapon of war’ or as systematic in the setting of a conflict, many times there is no distinction between how it is used during different types of conflicts. Moreover, they are often discussed as either a crime against the ”enemy” or a crime against women. READ MORE

  4. 3. “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

  5. 4. Sexual violence as a weapon of war: the case of ISIS in Syria and Iraq

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Sali Bitar; [2015]
    Keywords : ISIS; IS; ISIL; Sexual violence; Gender; Strategic rape; Feminism; NSA; Conflict; war; Political science; Rape; Rape in conflict; Sexual violence in conflict; religion; ISIS; IS; ISIL; sexuellt våld; genus; strategisk våldtäkt; Konflikt; Krig; Statsvetenskap; Våldtäkt; Våldtäkt i konflikt; Religion;

    Abstract : This thesis set out to research why ISIS combatants use sexual violence when they target the Yazidi community in particular. The aims have been to provide an understanding of why ISIS target Yazidi women and girls with sexual violence and develop a better understanding of both groups and thus hopefully provide assistance that is contextually adapted to the needs of Yazidi women and girls who have been targeted by ISIS. READ MORE

  6. 5. Rape as a weapon of war? - A critical legal analysis of the definition of rape and the concept of rape as a weapon of war

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Sofia Lundgren; [2015]
    Keywords : våldtäkt som stridsmedel; rape; rape as a weapon of war; folkrätt; public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Systematic rape of women in wartime is an ancient issue. For centuries, rape was seen as an inevitable by-product of war and it is not until recently that the international community has recognized rape as a weapon of war. READ MORE