FMR 27 - Sexual violence: weapon of war, impediment to peace

published January 2007

Contents

Introduction
by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

Worldwide coalition against sexual violence
by Armand De Decker

International responsibilities
by Jan Egeland

An urgent issue of public health and human rights
by Manuel Carballo

The European Union: a strategic approach
by Lieve Fransen

UN Security Council Resolution 1325
by Jackie Kirk and Suzanne Taylor

The theatre of war
by Brigitte M Holzner and Dominique-Claire Mair

Sexual violence: weapon of war
by Katie Thomas

Challenges to effective protection
by Rose Kimotho

Traumatic fistula: the case for reparations
by Lydiah Kemunto Bosire and Arletty Pinel

Assisting children born of sexual exploitation and abuse
by Lauren Rumble and Swati B Mehta

Sexual violence against men and boys
by Wynne Russell

Sexual violence and HIV/AIDS transmission
by Jennifer Klot and Pam DeLargy

Integrating protection into food aid
by Mariangela Bizzarri

Conflict-driven violence against girls in Africa
by Florence Tercier Holst-Roness

Overcoming challenges related to data collection and measurement

Ireland takes action
by Vivienne Forsythe and Angela O’Neill De Guilio

Sexual violence in the media
by Judith Matloff

Frameworks for response
by Noeleen Heyzer

From words to action
by Rima Salah

Liberia’s Gender-Based Violence National Action Plan
by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Zero tolerance for Liberian rapists
by Lois Bruthus

Challenging Liberian attitudes towards violence against women
by June Munala

Through our eyes: participatory video in West Africa
by Tegan Molony, Zeze Konie and Lauren Goodsmith

Fighting gender-based violence in South Sudan
by Lona Elia

Sexual violence and firewood collection in Darfur
by Erin Patrick

Listening to the women of Darfur

Women’s centres: spaces of empowerment in Darfur
by Carmen Lowry

Sudanese women acting to end sexual violence
by Fahima A Hashim

Sexual violence in South Kivu, Congo
by Claudia Rodriguez

In their own words

Sexual violence in post-conflict Burundi
by Nona Zicherman

Creating safe spaces: lessons from South Africa and Burundi
by Christine Lebrun and Katharine Derderian

Uganda: early marriage as a form of sexual violence
by Noah Gottschalk

Establishing services in post-conflict Sierra Leone
by Amie-Tejan Kellah

Trauma response and prevention: precondition for peace and justice
by Selmin Çalýþkan

Time to end violence against Palestinian women and girls
by FMR editors

Involving men on the Thai-Burma border
by Melissa Alvarado and Benny Paul

Demobilisation and sexual violence in Colombia
by Gunhild Schwitalla and Luisa Maria Dietrich

Justice for survivors in Peru
by Flor de María Valdez-Arroyo

Resources

General articles

Iraq’s neglected humanitarian crisis
by Andrew Harper

IDPs from Kosovo still awaiting durable solutions
by Anika Krstic

Out of Africa: misrepresenting Sudan’s ‘Lost Boys’
by Brandy Witthoft

From Somalia to Yemen: great dangers, few prospects
by Hanno (J H) van Gemund

Comprehensive reproductive health in crises: from vision to reality
by Therese McGinn and Samantha Guy

Displacement and difference in Lubumbashi
by Aurelia Wa Kabwe-Segatti and Loren B Landau

Listening to individual voices
by Siobhan Warrington and Anne-Sophie Lois

Global welfare: dream or reality?
by John Mitchell and Hugo Slim

Shattered dreams of Sudanese refugees in Cairo
by Hala W Mahmoud

Generations in exile from Africa’s last colony
by Ronnie Hansen, Norwegian Refugee Council

New informal mechanism to follow up UN IDP missions
by Jens-Hagen Eschenbächer, Internal Displacment Monitoring Centre

Uganda’s IDP policy
by Joy Miller, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

Moving on, not settling down
by Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre

Brussels Call to Action