Through these, the authors aim to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of sexual violence in armed conflict. 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. the sexual abuse of people during armed conflicts, including, for the purpose of this paper, children, as ‘conflict-related sexual violence’. 2019 Sexual Violence Against Minors in Armed Conflict 79 Introduction Successive reports of the UN Secretary General (UNSG)1 and various rulings 2of international courts and tribunals point out the special vulnerability of children to sexual abuse during armed conflicts, which represents a serious problem for the international community. 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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