(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.
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