Rape as a weapon of war

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005090
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2006005090#concept
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Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- War rape
Broader Terms
- War crimes
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Sudan, Darfur, 2004: t.p. (rape as a weapon of war, sexual violence and its consequences, conclusion; testimonies collected by Amnesty International point to rape and other forms of sexual violence being used as a weapon of war in Darfur, in order to humiliate, punish, control, inflict fear and displace women and their communities; not just a consequence of the conflict or of the result of the conduct of undisciplined troops)
- found: Amnesty International WWW site, July 18, 2006 (under Women and war: Rape as a weapon of war)
- found: BBC News Online, July 18, 2006 (article: How did Rape Become a Weapon of War?)
- found: New Internationalist Online, July 18, 2006: issue 244, June 1993 (Rape: Weapon of War)
- found: Skjelsbæk, I. The political psychology of war rape, 2012.
LC Classification
- KZ7162
Change Notes
- 2006-07-11: new
- 2012-02-15: revised

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