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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Here are a few pieces written by myself and others for those new to the topic 
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(Of course, this is only a snapshot)
I indicate shorter open access pieces with (Of course, this is only a snapshot)
This policy brief by @RobertUNagel and @ragnhildnordas provides an excellent overview of the prevalence and variation in conflict-related sexual violence around the world: https://www.prio.org/utility/DownloadFile.ashx?id=1655&type=publicationfile
The data the policy brief (and much of the quantitative academic work on CRSV) is based on is the Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict dataset maintained by Dara Cohen and @ragnhildnordas: http://www.sexualviolencedata.org/dataset/
A detailed introduction of the dataset and some analyses are available in this academic article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343314523028
But for some cautionary discussion of the reliability of quantitative data and the usefulness of statistical analysis in understanding CRSV, and an appeal to take gender and structure seriously, see this great piece by @DaviesSaraE & @JacquiTrue: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0967010615601389
And also this thought-provoking article by @jelkeboesten: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2017.1367950?journalCode=rfjp20
Bringing gender and structural factors into the discussion of CRSV, and how to combat it, is important. Women mobilizing against CRSV in civil society consider patriarchal structures the biggest problem, as I discuss in this policy brief on Colombia: https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=12142
Y la versión española: ¿Cómo comprende la sociedad civil la violencia sexual relacionada con los conflictos? Perspectivas de mujeres activistas en Colombia https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=12304
In this academic article, I discuss in greater depth how women mobilized in Colombian civil society against CRSV and in support of victims perceive the nature and causes of CRSV: https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-abstract/96/2/457/5707332
And here, I combine insights from interviews in Colombia with a cross-national statistical analysis to show that women mobilize in civil society in response to CRSV in many different contexts: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343318800361
The resilience of victims of CRSV and their families has long been neglected in the growing scholarship on this violence, as @CarloKoos argues in this overview article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436597.2017.1322461
In this great article, @CarloKoos shows that families affected by CRSV in Sierra Leone exhibit social resilience: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0043887117000351 Read a short blog post on this here: https://www.cmi.no/news/2202-towards-a-more-comprehensive-understanding-of-conflict-related-sexual-violence
Read a short blog post on this here: https://www.cmi.no/news/2202-towards-a-more-comprehensive-understanding-of-conflict-related-sexual-violence
These are encouraging signs, amidst the many detrimental and traumatizing consequences CRSV has for victims, families and communities. They point to mechanisms of coping and resistance and illustrate the agency of those often considered passive
In confronting CRSV, it is important to take note of and support these forces, processes of mobilization and resistance, keeping both conflict dynamics and the structural factors underpinning the perpetration of CRSV in mind
And of course, it is also important to acknowledge the reality of the victimization of men and boys in CRSV, who often face unique challenges as @philipp_schulz1 explains: https://medium.com/international-affairs-blog/how-wartime-sexual-violence-affects-men-3670f80eb051
The effects of CRSV on male victims @philipp_schulz1 describes as "the displacement from gendered personhood" in this excellent article: https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-abstract/94/5/1101/5092094?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Male victims of CRSV too come together for collective healing, as evidence from Uganda shows by Jerker Edström & @DrChrisDolan: https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/32/2/175/5032360
Confronting CRSV requires awareness of prevalence, patterns and variations, of the different kinds of perpetrators and the different forms this violence takes. It also requires understanding how this violence affects its victims and those targeted
And it requires understanding, taking seriously and supporting expressions of agency by those most directly and acutely exposed to and affected by these violence.
This is nowhere near an exhaustive list of the excellent scholarship on CRSV that is out there. Unfortunately, I don't have time to do a longer thread today, but please feel free to share additional articles in the comments, and I will add them to the thread
And consider following these scholars who all do excellent work on CRSV (and other things): @RobertUNagel @ragnhildnordas @DaviesSaraE @JacquiTrue @jelkeboesten @CarloKoos @philipp_schulz1 @DrChrisDolan @meredithloken @frkhouge @DrHarrietGray @sabrinamkarim @kcbeardsley
@PaulCinnam0n @_janakrause @rkrystalli @z_marks @SaraMeger @HeleenTouquet @GudrunOstby @ProfKFC @HooverGreen @AislingSwaine @HilaryMatfess and many others my Swiss cheese brain is currently forgetting. Again, feel free to tag yourselves and others
