Wartime sexual violence: from silence to condemnation of a weapon of war

In armed conflict, systematic sexual violence is used all too frequently as a strategic weapon to terrorize an opponent's communities. Wartime sexual violence has transitioned rapidly from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerful states and th...

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Main Author: Crawford, Kerry F. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington DC Georgetown University Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Women and war
Rape as a weapon of war
Women > Violence against
Sex crimes
Violence > Economic aspects
War > Economic aspects
Kriegführung
Bewaffneter Konflikt
Gewalt
Sexualverhalten
Frau
Gewalttätigkeit
Kriegsverbrechen
Waffe
Potenzial
Waffensystem
Fallstudie
Erde
Krieg > Frau > Vergewaltigung > Waffe > Strategie
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Summary:In armed conflict, systematic sexual violence is used all too frequently as a strategic weapon to terrorize an opponent's communities. Wartime sexual violence has transitioned rapidly from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerful states and the United Nations Security Council. What has caused this transition, and what are its impacts? Kerry F. Crawford investigates through interviews and primary-source evidence the political impetuses for this change and the results of the securitization of sexual violence. Crawford explains how change started in the 1990s with the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and then accelerated in the 2000s. Three case studies--the United States' response to sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820 in 2008, and the development of the United Kingdom's Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative--illustrate that use of the weapon of war frame does not represent pure cooptation by the security sector. Rather, well-placed advocates have used the frame to push the anti-sexual violence agenda while simultaneously working to move beyond the frame's constraints.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 191-204, Register
Physical Description:x, 214 Seiten Diagramme 24 cm
ISBN:9781626164666
9781626164659