Rape as a weapon of war: advancing human rights for women at the U.S.-Mexico border

Part of a special issue on immigration and boundary policing in an era of globalization. The writer discusses rape as one of the consequences of militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border. Using data from nongovernmental organizations, government committees, and U.S. newspapers, she investigates sp...

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1. VerfasserIn: Falcón, Sylvanna M. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2001
In: Social justice
Jahr: 2001, Band: 28, Heft: 2, Seiten: 31-50
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United States. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Border patrols
United States > Relations
Rape
Social History
Trials (Rape)
Women
Mexicans > United States
Human rights > United States
Human Rights
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Zusammenfassung:Part of a special issue on immigration and boundary policing in an era of globalization. The writer discusses rape as one of the consequences of militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border. Using data from nongovernmental organizations, government committees, and U.S. newspapers, she investigates specific cases of militarized border rape. She argues that national security rape, an instrument for bolstering a nervous state, and systematic mass rape, an instrument of open warfare, characterize the reality in the U.S.-Mexico border region. She comments on the factors associated with militarized rape and argues the need to promote human rights as a framework for assessing the circumstances in women's migration and the need to advance human rights in general for women in the border region.
ISSN:2327-641X