Repertoires of conflict-related sexual violence
Introducing the RSVAC data package
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3916544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Logan Dumaine (0000-0001-5425-125X, independent scholar), Ragnhild Nordås (0000-0003-3087-297X, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan & Peace Research Institute Oslo), Maria Gargiulo (0000-0003-1870-8990, University of Oxford), Elisabeth Jean Wood (0000-0001-7504-8699, Yale University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 611-621 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00223433211044674 |
| OpenAlex | W3214844377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 23 |
Scholars increasingly call for documentation and analysis of specific forms of conflict-related sexual violence. Moreover, accountability for crimes is stronger when specific patterns of victimization are documented. This article introduces the Repertoires of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (RSVAC) data package, which assembles reports from 1989 to 2015 of forms of sexual violence by government/states forces, insurgent/rebel organizations, and pro-government militias for each conflict and year. RSVAC compiles the reported prevalence of eight forms of sexual violence - rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage, forced prostitution, sexual mutilation, forced pregnancy, forced sterilization and abortion, non-penetrative sexual torture, and sexual abuse (as well as that of multiple-perpetrator reports of each form). It includes extensive qualitative notes on reported incidents, as well as 'conflict manuscripts' that include the relevant portions of source documents. Disaggregating 'sexual violence' into its distinct forms enables analysis of the reported presence of forms of sexual violence across time, conflicts, and organizations. We illustrate its usefulness by highlighting hitherto neglected global patterns it suggests, and also discuss limitations, potential biases and underreporting that users need to take into account. We outline several research questions that the data can help answer and suggest how the data package could inform policy efforts to address sexual violence and its consequences
Accountability · Computer security · Criminology · Documentation · Forced marriage · Government (linguistics) · Human rights · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sexual abuse · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Torture · Computer Science · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Explaining Rape during Civil War
Rape as a Practice of War
Armed Groups and Sexual Violence
Digging in the Archives
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |