Wartime sexual violence : from silence to condemnation of a weapon of war / Kerry F. Crawford.
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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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Washington DC : Georgetown University Press, 2017. |
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Table of Contents:
- Defining the weapon
- Her story is far too common : the US response to sexual violence in the DRC
- A security concern : sexual violence and resolution 1820
- Expanding the agenda : PSVI and state-led advocacy
- The legacy of the "weapon of war" frame.