Militarism and Sexual Violence: Links Between Peace and War

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Professor Cynthia Cockburn

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Armed conflict heightens the likelihood and severity of sexual violence by men against women. But everyday gender relations in 'peace time', by making violence seem normal, even recreational, are also a factor that predisposes countries to militarization and war. In this talk I shall explore two situations (in Okinawa and Uganda) where the link between militarism and sexual violence is starkly clear, and show how women are understanding and representing the connections in movements for violence reduction.

Bio

Cynthia Cockburn, feminist researcher and writer, is Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at City University London and Honorary Professor in the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick. Her most recent publications are From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis, Zed Books, 2007; The Line: Women, Partition and the Gender Order in Cyprus, Zed Books, 2004: The Space Between Us: Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict, Zed Books, 1998; and (co-edited with Dubravka Zarkov) The Postwar Moment: Militaries, Masculinities and International Peacekeeping, Lawrence and Wishart, 2002. She is active in the international antimilitarist network Women in Black.

Organiser: Bloomsbury Gender Network and the Centre for Gender Studies (SOAS)

Contact email: N.S.Al-Ali@soas.ac.uk