The brave and the blameless: women survivors of war-time rape -- New Internationalist

The brave and the blameless: women survivors of war-time rape -- New Internationalist

 Sexual violence during war can have several objectives. Rape can be used
as a weapon, meaning it is carried out with martial reasoning and used
for political ends. It can be used to reward soldiers, or remunerate
them, to motivate the troops. It can also be used as a means of torture,
sometimes to humiliate the men of a certain community. Systematic rape
can be used to force a population to move. Rape can also be used as a
biological weapon to deliberately transmit the HIV/AIDS virus. In war,
we also find the phenomenon of sexual exploitation, forced prostitution
and sexual slavery.

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