‘They came with two guns’: The consequences of sexual violence for the mental health of women in armed conflicts

International Review of the Red Cross

Volumn 92, Issue 877, 2010, Pages 177-195

  Josse, Evelyne ^a  

^a Institute of Victimology   (Belgium)

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EID: 85013629240     PISSN: 18163831     EISSN: 16075889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1816383110000251     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. See Evelyne Josse, ‘Déceler les violences sexuelles faites aux femmes’, 2007
2. idem, ‘Accueillir et soutenir les victimes de violences sexuelles: approche orientée vers la solution’, 2007, both available at http://www.resilience-psy.com/ (last visited 1 March 2010).
3. For interventions by humanitarian organizations see Evelyne Josse and Vincent Dubois, Interventions humanitaires en santé mentale dans les violences de masse, De Boeck Université, Brussels, 2009
4. Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings: Focusing on Prevention of and Response to Sexual Violence in Emergencies, IASC Taskforce on Gender in Humanitarian Assistance, Geneva, 2005, available at http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/downloadDoc.aspx?docID=4402
5. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Women Facing War, ICRC, Geneva, 2001, available at http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/p0798
6. ICRC, Women and War, ICRC, Geneva, 2008, available at http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/p0944
7. Réseau des Femmes pour un Développement Associatif, Réseau des Femmes pour la Défense des Droits et la Paix, and International Alert, Le corps des Femmes Comme Champ de Bataille Durant la Guerre en République Démocratique du Congo. Violences sexuelles contre les femmes et les filles au Sud-Kivu (1996–2003), Study, 2004, available at http://www.grandslacs.net/doc/4051.pdf
8. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, UNHCR, Geneva, 2003
9. World Health Organization (WHO), Mental Health of Refugees, WHO, Geneva, 1996
10. ‘Sexual violence’, in E. G. Krug, et al. (eds.), World Report on Violence and Health, WHO, Geneva, 2002, available at http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2002/9241545615_eng.pdf (all last visited 19 April 2010).