![]() ![]() ![]() 1 This significant international attention on sexual violence in armed conflict was further heightened with the launch of the United Kingdom’s Prevention of Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) in May 2012 by Foreign Secretary William Hague. Notably, there are now no fewer than seven United Nations Security Council resolutions on the cross-cutting theme of Women, Peace and Security. Through these, the authors aim to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of sexual violence in armed conflict.Since the 1998 Rome Statute recognised widespread and systematic acts of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) as an act of genocide, a war crime and crime against humanity, the last decade has seen historic recognition that egregious acts of sexual violence merit international political and legal attention (UN General Assembly, 1998). Its enquiry employs four key relationships: War/Power, Violence/Sexuality, Gender/Engendering and Visibility/Invisibility. Who are the perpetrators? How is sexual violence tied to other forms of violence? What are the consequences for individual victims and societies? Compiled by the International Research Group ‘Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict’ (SVAC), this volume takes an interdisciplinary approach. ![]() While sexual violence has gained public awareness and become a subject in academic debate, national and international politics, efforts to understand and strategies to prevent this form of violence remain inadequate. In the mid 1970s, at the peak of the women’s movement, feminist activism and research opened the door to questions that are still pressing today. ![]()
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