Contributions Made and Challenges Posed by the <i>Rape as a Weapon of War</i> Narrative to Prevent Gender-based Atrocity Crimes
Juan Pablo García-Giraldo,
Mónica Alexandra Reyes-Cuartas,
Jorge Enrique De los Ríos-Giraldo
et al.
Abstract:The aim of this article is to analyze the contributions and difficulties derived from the concept of sexual violence as a weapon to prevent gender-based atrocity crimes. In spite of the visibility of this narrative regarding the incidence and dynamics of sexual violence in armed conflict contexts, the efforts to improve prevention have been limited due to problems linked to the securitization of discourse, the emergence of hierarchies in the forms of harm, the privilege of legalistic and militaristic approache… Show more
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