Systemic Silencing: Addressing Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Armed Conflict and its Aftermath

Lewis, Chloe

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“…Men can also be subjected to SV, while it may be impossible to provide general prevalence rates, as SV is generally under-reported, with an elevated amount of non-reporting in case of violence against men and boys [3]. Most studies on SV among men have examined the above index in affected communities and war-torn areas [4].…”

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The prevalence rate of sexual violence worldwide: a trend analysis

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Background The purpose of the present study is to showcase the image of Sexual Violence (SV) temporal trends through exploring differences in its prevalence rates during 1990–2017 across 195 countries and territories. Methods The SV prevalence rates were derived from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database during 1990–2017, worldwide. First, the Latent Growth Model (LGM) was employed for assessing the change in SV prevalence rate over time in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia & Oceania, for men and women separately. Then, the change in SV prevalence rate over time was determined within countries with high and low Human Development Index (HDI). Finally, the Latent Growth Mixture Models (LGMM) were applied for identifying classes where countries within each class have similar trend of SV prevalence rate over time. Results The SV prevalence was higher among women than men and decreased in both genders over time across the world. The declining trend in SV prevalence against men is visible in both countries with high and low HDI, but SV prevalence against women in countries with low HDI shows an increase. The findings of LGMM identified six classes of SV prevalence trajectories. LGMM allocated Bermuda into the class with the highest decrease in SV prevalence against men, and Equatorial Guinea and Luxembourg into the class with the highest increase. Other countries had very slow declining trends. In terms of SV prevalence against women, LGMM allocated China, North Korea, and Taiwan into the class with the most increase among the countries in the world. Bermuda, Guyana, Mexico, Nigeria, and Saint Lucia were placed into the class which witnessed the largest decline and Angola, Congo, and Equatorial Guinea were ranked next. The trend in other countries was mostly decreasing. Conclusion Given the high economic and social burden that SV has on victims and societies, the rate of SV in most countries does not seem to have dropped remarkably and requires special attention by relevant policymakers. The SV prevalence rate is highly heterogeneous among world countries which may be due to the definitions and tools used, and more importantly, the culture norms.

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“…However, there is quite a lot of work on it, more than you would expect. 11 These strange kinds of gender assumptions that infiltrate the field too. EK:…”

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Teaching Feminist Peace through Encounters with Female Violence

Heathcote¹,

Koduthore²,

Labenski³

2022

Feminist Conversations on Peace

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How do we teach peace through a feminist lens? This chapter reflects on this question through a conversation between Gina Heathcote, Elisabeth (Lisa) Koduthore and Sheri Labenski. Each of us holds different positions in relation to teaching feminist praxisearly career scholar, established scholar and student -and as an intergenerational dialogue we discussed different flows of knowledge and the capacity to recognize the ways we learn from one another. Each of us has engaged with the topic of female violence in the classroom, as well as in our research. While the student-teacher relationship is often thought of as hierarchical, we employ feminist methods to break down this binary. In our discussion, the topic of female violence becomes a way for us to unsettle assumed knowledge, within ourselves and in scholarship, and to develop each of our understandings of feminist peace.Due to our engagement in various classroom conversations, our understanding of feminist peace necessitates that both the student and teacher confront the biases held within feminist legal scholarship. We argue that within a dialogue on peace and female violence, students are afforded the opportunity to explore the stereotypical assumptions that position women as assumed peacemakers, while challenging biases when engaging with women who commit harm. Rather than questioning acts of violence themselves, our dialogue thinks through the constructions of female violence found both in society, law and legal scholarship, and how this relates to teaching feminist peace. We consider how acts of violence undertaken by women must be acknowledged to exist, rather than dismissed or ignored, as often happens in scholarship focused on women as victims during armed conflict. Thus, using female violence as a site of inquiry provides the linchpin to consider the linkages between peace, education, feminist methodologies and international law. We conclude our conversation by pondering the way peace is

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“…Misconception 6: All Men/Boy Survivors are 'Emasculated' or 'Feminised' Much of the literature on sexual violence against men and boys portrays 'emasculation' through 'feminisation' (or 'homosexualisation'; see Sivakumaran, 2005) as the single most prevalent driver of male-directed sexual violence against men/boys as well as its primary consequence (Lewis, 2014;Sivakumaran, 2005). Yet the idea of 'emasculation' through 'feminisation' implies that men/ boy survivors are forever deprived of their masculinity.…”

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From ‘It Rarely Happens’ to ‘It’s Worse for Men’

Touquet

Chynoweth

Martin

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Journal of Humanitarian Affairs

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Sexual violence against men and boys in conflict and displacement has garnered increasing attention over the past decade and has been recognised in UN Security Resolution 2467. Despite increased evidence and understanding of the issue, myths and misconceptions nevertheless abound. The authors of this article – practitioners and academics with extensive experience in the field – aim to dispel ten of the most common misconceptions that we have encountered, and to highlight the current evidence base regarding sexual violence against men and boys in humanitarian settings. We argue that just as there is no universal experience of sexual violence for women and girls, there is no universal experience for men and boys, or for nonbinary people. In order to address the complexities of these experiences, a survivor-centred, intersectional approach is needed.

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Systemic Silencing: Addressing Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Armed Conflict and its Aftermath

Cited by 38 publications

References 14 publications

The prevalence rate of sexual violence worldwide: a trend analysis

The prevalence rate of sexual violence worldwide: a trend analysis

Teaching Feminist Peace through Encounters with Female Violence

From ‘It Rarely Happens’ to ‘It’s Worse for Men’

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