We cannot explain why sexual violence against women and sexist and gender-bas...

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We cannot explain why sexual violence against women and sexist and gender-based violence has occurred with growing and overwhelming frequency in armed conflicts, unless we also add to the equation the inequality between men and women, gender stereotypes and the reproduction of hierarchical and discriminatory relationships in which women find themselves materially subordinate and symbolically devalued in various times and cultures.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

General Women, Peace and Security

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

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