The Dynamics of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

The Dynamics of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Author: Sara E. Davies
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2024-08-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3111321088

Due to the international importance attached to the reporting of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) over the last two decades, scholars have been able to examine the magnitude of the problem across different situations and types of conflict. But what changes to intensity and type of violence occur during different phrases of conflict intensity? Is reporting consistent across different conflicts and different regional experiences of conflict-related SGBV? This book examines different conflict situations in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia over the past decade, 2010–2020. The chapters in the book use a mixed-method approach to explore the patterns of violence in situations of one-sided violence, state-led violence, non-state-led violence, low intensity violence, terrorism and fragility. They investigate the trajectory of international and prevention efforts, and the development of country-level responses to reports of sexual and gender-based violence in these various conflict situations. The book explains how and why these responses were mobilised in response to reports and considers the conditions for effective reporting in real time considering the patterns and the structural root causes of the violence.

Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict

Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict
Author: Janie L. Leatherman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2013-04-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745658350

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. Difficult questions of accountability are tackled; in particular, the case of child soldiers, who often suffer a double victimization when forced to commit sexual atrocities. The book concludes by looking at strategies of prevention and protection as well as new programs being set up on the ground to support the rehabilitation of survivors and their communities. Sexual violence in war has long been a taboo subject but, as this book shows, new and courageous steps are at last being taken Ð at both local and international level - to end what has been called the “greatest silence in history”.

Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence

Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence
Author: Philipp Schulz
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520303741

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Although wartime sexual violence against men occurs more frequently than is commonly assumed, its dynamics are remarkably underexplored, and male survivors’ experiences remain particularly overlooked. This reality is poignant in northern Uganda, where sexual violence against men during the early stages of the conflict was geographically widespread, yet now accounts of those incidents are not just silenced and neglected locally but also widely absent from analyses of the war. Based on rare empirical data, this book seeks to remedy this marginalization and to illuminate the seldom-heard voices of male sexual violence survivors in northern Uganda, bringing to light their experiences of gendered harms, agency, and justice.

Gender, Power, and Violence

Gender, Power, and Violence
Author: Angela J. Hattery
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2019-02-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1538118181

What do the Catholic Church, college sports, Hollywood, prisons, the military, fraternities and politics have in common? All have extraordinarily high rates of sexual and intimate partner violence, and child sexual abuse. Sexual and intimate partner violence is part of the landscape that women and children live with. Women and children are subjected to high levels of sexual and intimate partner violence and in the era of #metoo, Gender, Power and Violence provides a nuanced analysis of the ways in which the organizational structure of an institution, like a college campus or Hollywood, can create an environment ripe for sexual and intimate partner violence and even child sexual abuse. Gender, Power, and Violence looks at the problem of sexual and intimate partner violence through cases, observing the role that institutions play in perpetuating gender based violence, and provide a better understanding about the ways in which institutional structures shape, or have mishandled, gender based violence. Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith touch on current events that have highlighted the pervasiveness of gender based violence across the institutions they interrogate throughout the book, but also in the entertainment industry, the government, and television journalism. Gender, Power, and Violence gives the reader a better understanding of what factors shape who will be perpetrators, who will be victims, and how organizations respond (or not) when it is reported. It also offers recommendations for transforming these institutions so that they are safe for women and children of all genders.

Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men

Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men
Author: Elise Féron
Publisher: Men and Masculinities in a Transnational World
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Humiliation
ISBN: 9781786609298

The book explores patterns of wartime sexual violence against men, and presents survivors', but also perpetrators' stories.

The Dynamics of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

The Dynamics of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Author: Yolanda Riveros Morales
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-08-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9783111320632

When are the patterns of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) connected to the transition and pace of a civil war, a terrorist attack, or a siege? This book identifies and tests seven hypotheses for sexual and gender-based violence in distinct co

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight
Author: Gaby Zipfel
Publisher: Zubaan Books
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2020-11-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789385932816

Although it is now well-known how pervasive sexual violence is in situations of war and peace, not enough has been done to work towards its prevention. Compiled by the international research group Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, this volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding wartime sexual violence. Its inquiry employs four key relationships: war and power, violence and sexuality, gender and engendering, and visibility and invisibility. Within these subjects, the authors identify gaps in existing knowledge to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the field. Through essays, reflections, and conversations, they show how such violence is polymorphic and heterogenous. Women's activism and research, according to them, has done a great deal to draw attention to sexual violence, showing how it is man-made and is structured by cultural, social, and historical conditions. Together, the contributors make a powerful argument for urgency in addressing this major issue across the world by listening to the voices of women on the ground.

Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict

Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict
Author: Stacy Banwell
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2020-10-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1787691179

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, this book delves into visual and text-based materials to unpack gender-based violence(s) perpetrated and experienced by both sexes within and beyond the conflict zone.

The Violences of Men

The Violences of Men
Author: Jeff Hearn
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998-07-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803979406

Addressing the problem of men's violence to known women, this book considers the scale of, and critically reviews the theoretical frameworks used to explain this violence. From the perspective of `critical studies on men', Jeff Hearn discusses issues, challenges and possible research methods for those researching violence. He draws on extensive research to analyze the various ways in which men describe, deny, justify and excuse their violence, and considers the complex interaction between doing violence and talking about violence. The book concludes with a summary of the key issues for theory, politics, policy and practice.

The Political Economy of Violence Against Women

The Political Economy of Violence Against Women
Author: Jacqui True
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2012-09-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199755914

Violence against women is a major problem in all countries, affecting women in every socio-economic group and at every life stage. Yet, when women enjoy good social and economic status they are less vulnerable to violence across all societies. This book develops a political economy approach to understanding violence against women - from the household to the transnational level - accounting for its globally increasing scale and brutality.