Extreme war rape in today's Civil-war-torn states: A contextual and comparative analysis

Gender Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-41

  Farr, Kathryn ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil armed conflicts; Gender based violence; Rape; Women and war

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950711664     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-009-9068-x     Document Type: Article

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