Our Bodies - Their Battle Ground: Gender-based Violence in Conflict Zones

Wednesday, September 1, 2004
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IRIN

The sexual abuse of women in war is nothing new and has long been tolerated as one of the inevitable features of military conflict. That in itself has been a cause of concern among human rights advocates. However, the large scale use of rape as an instrument for delivering a psychological blow during armed conflict has caused even more concern.

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Our bodies, Genderbased Violence in conflict zones, IRIN, 2008