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Articles on Sexual violence in conflict
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An international protocol to document and investigate sexual violence in conflict is falling short.
Interviews with Rwandan women from the military who had served on peacekeeping missions found many felt ill-equipped for what they had to deal with.
There is an urgent need for a binding convention for the prohibition of violence against women.
With the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to two leaders who fight against sexual violence as a tool of war, we looked into our archive to find stories about those efforts across the globe.
The prize recognises that violence against women has become a weapon of war.
Women in the DRC are much more than victims of violence and coming together to effect change.
South Sudan’s chiefs wield real power, administering customary laws to resolve local disputes. But they often reinforce gender inequalities – could the new chief change this?
After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military violence, indigenous women in Guatemala are closing in on justice at last.
Such children suffer unique challenges.
As foreign Islamic State fighters return home, there needs to be proper prosecution of sexual violence in armed conflict.
The United Nations has had many chances to deal decisively with the endemic sexual and gender based violence against children in its missions. But the problem persists. What will it take to stop it?
The violence and instability that wracks South Sudan is profoundly gendered.
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo has been convicted for crimes of sexual violence during war in the Central African Republic. It’s a significant case, but not the historic victory it’s been hailed as.
Domestic and sexual slavery are being used as weapons of war – and the victims are too often forgotten.
Even with the end of the war in central Africa, continuing instability in the region has triggered an epidemic of rape.
The recent revelations about the savage treatment of Yazidi women at the hands of Islamic State, or ISIS, fighters is the latest in a shocking set of disclosures regarding the group’s behavior. It sadly…
Hundreds of women rescued from the Nigerian Islamist group are pregnant after being held in sexual slavery.
The UN buried a report on human rights abuses carried out by forces operating in its name. Here’s why.
As the Democratic Republic of Congo seeks justice for one of its most notorious massacres, it’s also preparing to engage Rwandan fighters once again.
Top contributors
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professor of Middle-Eastern and Islamic Studies, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
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Professor of Post Conflict Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Social Anthropology, Durham University
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in International Law, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Law Lecturer in Transitional Justice and Human Rights, Queen's University Belfast
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Visiting Professor, War and Security Studies/International Genetics, King's College London
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Director of Graduate Education and Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Stirling
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PhD Candidate, School of Psychology | Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance, Bangor University
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André Guichaoua is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
