Essays about: "wartime sexual violence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words wartime sexual violence.

  1. 1. “What can you offer them here that they don’t have in the bush?”: Exploring the impact of targeted sanctions on conflict-related sexual violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Megan Dumas; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict-related sexual violence; wartime sexual violence; targeted sanctions; UN sanctions; the Revolutionary United Front RUF ; the Lord’s Resistance Army LRA ; evidence-based policy;

    Abstract : Targeted sanctions have become increasingly utilized as conflict management tool to safeguard global peace and security. In recent years, there have been a global push to utilize this tool to specifically address conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). READ MORE

  3. 2. “Invisible children” : A qualitative study on the work of organisations to promote support for future children born of war

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Sofia Sandahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Stigmatisation; discrimination; neglect; abuse; children; children born of war; war children; ostracism; organisations; CRC;

    Abstract : Sexual violence perpetrated against women during armed conflicts represents a severe violation of their fundamental human rights. This heinous act not only inflicts significant harm on the women themselves but also results in the birth of children conceived due to wartime rape. READ MORE

  4. 3. Destined For Exclusion? : Resilient Group Identities and Social Acceptance of Wartime Sexual Violence Survivors

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Marta Pitino; [2021]
    Keywords : conflict-related sexual violence; social acceptance; social rejection; group identity;

    Abstract : Mainstream accounts of CRSV argue that its victims inevitably face social exclusion by their communities once the fighting is over. However, empirical evidence suggests that some ethnic groups show support towards survivors – specifically, women – thus not bounding the latter to the stigma brought about by sexual abuse. READ MORE

  5. 4. Examining the Ubiquitousness of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Territorial Conflicts A quantitative study on how territorial conflicts are related to rebel perpetrated conflict-related sexual violence and rebel groups funding natural resources

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emelie Andersin; [2020-05-12]
    Keywords : civil conflict; conflict-related sexual violence; wartime rape; territorial conflict; rebel groups; financing natural resources;

    Abstract : This study explores how territorial conflicts are related to rebel perpetrated conflict-related sexual violence and if rebel groups funded by natural resources exacerbates that relationship. Prior research has explored how rebel groups funded by natural resources is related to rebel perpetrated conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). READ MORE

  6. 5. Women’s war and Women’s justice : A legal feminist analysis of the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Conrad Palmcrantz; [2020]
    Keywords : transitional justice; Colombia; special jurisdiction for peace; legal feminism; international criminal law;

    Abstract : In 2016, the Colombian government and the FARC-EP guerilla signed a historic peace agreement. After decades of internal armed struggle, the two parties have settled on terms that, hopefully, will allow Colombia to transit from wartime to peacetime. READ MORE