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    “Here, rape is normal”: A five-point plan to curtail sexual violence in Somalia

    Human Rights Watch, 2014
    This report highlights the issue of sexual violence in Somalia, in a context of two decades of civil conflict and a large population of displaced persons and other people vulnerable to sexual violence. State institutions have been destroyed and there is an issue of the impunity of perpetrators.
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    No one to turn to: Life for children in eastern DRC

    World Vision, 2014
    The continuing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the world's deadliest. The scramble for resources in the east of the country has created a very insecure environment where violence and abuse - and amongst children - is very common.
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    Women, peace and security: sexual violence in conflict and sanctions

    United Nations Security Council, 2013
    This report analyses statistical information on women, peace and security in country-specific decisions of the Security Council with a particular focus in the case study on the nexus between sexual violence in conflict and sanctions imposed by the Security Council.
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    Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin

    The Institute of Governance Studies, 2013
    Bangladesh has made significant strides as far as women empowerment is concerned, as reflected in various gender indicators. However, the country’s progress is less satisfactory in the area of domestic violence.
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    The Gendered Dimensions of Sex Trafficking

    Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, 2012
    The entire trafficking cycle from beginning to end is highly gendered: from the root causes that make women vulnerable to trafficking, to the normalization and implicitness of demand, and the gendered institutional responses and policy approaches to anti-trafficking.
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    Why Women? Effective engagement for small arms control - Briefing papers

    International Action Network on Small Arms Women’s Network, 2011
    These briefs summarise the main findings and recommendations of the report ‘Why Women? Effective engagement for small arms control’. They outline some of the reasons why women should participate in small arms control and disarmament, which include:
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    Militarism, conflict and violence

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013
    The Association for Women in Development (AWID) share recent and relevant publications on the 16 Days of Activism overarching themes of militarism, conflict and violence. Publications include:
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    ‘¿Como te haces entender?’ Gender and Gun Culture in Caribbean Context

    United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2010
    Although Latin America and the Caribbean have not seen interstate conflict for decades, the countries in the region cannot be said to be at peace given the high levels of gun violence.
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    Gun Free Kitchen Tables Activity Report

    Isha L’Isha Feminist Centre, 2011
    The Gun Free Kitchen Tables (GFKT) campaign demands enforcement of an existing Israeli law which limits security guards’ authorisation to bear arms to worksites only.
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    ‘Forced Marriage’ in conflict situations: researching and prosecuting old harms and new crimes

    Canadian Journal of Human Rights, 2013
    In this article, the author explores the crime of forced marriage in conflict situations and argues that the practices referred to as forced marriage in war (which can include kidnap, rape, confinement, forced domestic services, impregnation, extreme cruelty and control) ought to be charged instead as enslavement in international law and not a new separate crime.

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