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(Cross-posted from Aid Workers Network.) CALL FOR PAPERS: WID Working Papers Special Edition on *Sexual Violence and Conflict* The *Working Papers on Women and International Development* series features article-length manuscripts by scholars from a broad range of disciplines. It disseminates materials that are at a late stage of formulation and that contribute new understandings of women's economic, social, and political position amidst change. The series focuses on the relationships between gender and global transformation and publishes reports of empirical studies and projects, theoretical analyses, and policy discussions that illuminate the processes of change in the broadest sense. Please consider submitting a manuscript for a special WID Working Papers edition on *Sexual Violence and Conflict*. In this special issue, the WID Working Papers is looking for submissions that advance knowledge on the complexity of sexual violence during violent conflict and post-conflict situations. We are interested in essays that examine various types of sexual violence, and its impacts on intersections on gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation within different conflicts and domains. Sexual violence has been a part of conflict since warfare began but research and scholarship have only recently begun to uncover its extent and complexity. Rather than being a 'consequence' or 'side effect' of war, sexual violence is frequently used deliberately to destabilize and terrorize civilian populations, often a particular ethnic group or gender. Rape has been labeled a weapon of war during conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan. Rape and sexual exploitation also continue in the aftermath of conflict and have been documented in refugee camps in Liberia, Myanmar, and Colombia, perpetrated by border guards, police, aid workers, and United Nations peacekeepers. While studies of sexual violence in conflict have largely focused on women and children as victims, sexual abuse of men and its effects remain virtually unexplored, including in their roles as soldiers, prisoners, significant others, and family members of those who have been directly violated. There is growing recognition in international law and scholarship of the role of sexual violence in conflict. Accordingly, there is a need to bridge the dispersed literature on the topic. This compilation of papers will synthesize a broad range of ideas and perspectives from multiple academic and geographic fields. We seek submissions for a special edition that will broaden our understanding of the history, practice, and effects of sexual violence directed towards women and/or men during and after conflict situations, understood in a broad sense. Papers from any geographic area of the developing world are welcome. Possible topics include but are not limited to: --institutions of sexual violence such as sexual slavery, human trafficking and prostitution --histories of sexual violence in conflicts around the globe, from the ancient world to the present --international law and sexual violence --innovative prevention, intervention and/or treatment of sexual violence --networking or collaborative efforts --medical, psychological, and clinical perspectives on sexual violence during war --survivorhood and the healing process The deadline for submissions is *January 25, 2008*. Email submissions or queries to [log in to unmask] with subject line "Sexual Violence in Conflict". For more information on the series and to see recent Working Papers, visit our website, http://www.wid.msu.edu. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html