Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been embroiled in decades-long conflict that has resulted in the forced displacement of millions of people and extremely high rates of gender-based violence. Much attention has been focused on conflict-relat...
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okr-10986-364702021-11-05T05:10:38Z Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Kelly, Jocelyn TD Holmes, Morgan Gibbons, Niamh Matabaro, Amani Voors, Maarten GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT DISPLACED PERSONS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE POLITICAL VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been embroiled in decades-long conflict that has resulted in the forced displacement of millions of people and extremely high rates of gender-based violence. Much attention has been focused on conflict-related sexual violence; however, it is important to recognize that intimate partner violence is one of the most pervasive forms of gender-based violence in the world, including in conflict settings. This paper is among the first to use a large, randomized survey to analyze both sexual violence and intimate partner violence as outcomes. Displacement increases a woman’s risk of past-year intimate partner violence by 6 percent and experiencing war abuses increases the risk of lifetime intimate partner violence by 9 percent, after adjusting for other risk factors. Both exposure to war-related experiences and displacement independently increase the risk of past-year sexual violence by 6 percent, after adjusting for other risk factors. Forced displacement and traumatic war-related experiences are risk factors for intimate partner violence and sexual violence in this setting. Acknowledging these risks and creating programs that explicitly address the high risk of violence faced by displaced and war-affected women can more effectively break the cycles of violence that are often perpetuated in fragile settings. 2021-11-04T14:06:04Z 2021-11-04T14:06:04Z 2021-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/528551635471118716/Conflict-Displacement-and-Overlapping-Vulnerabilities-Understanding-Risk-Factors-for-Gender-Based-Violence-among-Displaced-Women-in-Eastern-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36470 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9819 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Congo, Democratic Republic of |
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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT DISPLACED PERSONS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE POLITICAL VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY Kelly, Jocelyn TD Holmes, Morgan Gibbons, Niamh Matabaro, Amani Voors, Maarten Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
has been embroiled in decades-long conflict that has
resulted in the forced displacement of millions of people
and extremely high rates of gender-based violence. Much
attention has been focused on conflict-related sexual
violence; however, it is important to recognize that
intimate partner violence is one of the most pervasive forms
of gender-based violence in the world, including in conflict
settings. This paper is among the first to use a large,
randomized survey to analyze both sexual violence and
intimate partner violence as outcomes. Displacement
increases a woman’s risk of past-year intimate partner
violence by 6 percent and experiencing war abuses increases
the risk of lifetime intimate partner violence by 9 percent,
after adjusting for other risk factors. Both exposure to
war-related experiences and displacement independently
increase the risk of past-year sexual violence by 6 percent,
after adjusting for other risk factors. Forced displacement
and traumatic war-related experiences are risk factors for
intimate partner violence and sexual violence in this
setting. Acknowledging these risks and creating programs
that explicitly address the high risk of violence faced by
displaced and war-affected women can more effectively break
the cycles of violence that are often perpetuated in fragile settings. |
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Working Paper |
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Kelly, Jocelyn TD Holmes, Morgan Gibbons, Niamh Matabaro, Amani Voors, Maarten |
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Kelly, Jocelyn TD Holmes, Morgan Gibbons, Niamh Matabaro, Amani Voors, Maarten |
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Kelly, Jocelyn TD |
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Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities : Understanding Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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conflict, displacement and overlapping vulnerabilities : understanding risk factors for gender-based violence among displaced women in eastern democratic republic of congo |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/528551635471118716/Conflict-Displacement-and-Overlapping-Vulnerabilities-Understanding-Risk-Factors-for-Gender-Based-Violence-among-Displaced-Women-in-Eastern-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36470 |
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