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Sexual violence in conflict: A problematic international discourse

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This article investigates a tension between the theoretical conceptualisation of sexual violence in conflict situations, and the reality of sexual violence. The author puts forth that despite a strong global dialogue on sexual violence in conflict situations, the international community seems helpless to stop sexual violence in conflict. She asks whether the problem lies in how sexual violence in conflict is conceptualised and therefore addressed. Her conclusion is that international discourse fails to connect sexual violence in conflict to pre-existing gender relations, social orientation and other forms of gendered violence preceding the descent into conflict and therefore normalizes sexual violence against women in “peacetime,” ultimately failing to address the root cause.

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: Feminist Africa.,
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Sexual Violence
Feminist Africa
War
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Conflict
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