Guns and roses: gender and armed violence in Africa/Fusils et Roses: le genre et la violence armee en Afrique.

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The report focuses specifically on the nature and extent of armed violence, including sexual violence, both during and after armed conflict as well as within the family set up, thereby illustrating the linkages between the various forms of gender violence. Studies both in Africa and elsewhere show that it is not always possible nor desirable to separate women's experience of armed violence from other forms of violence, such as physical assault and sexual abuse--both in times of armed conflict and in the home. The report also describes some of the interventions aimed at addressing the issue, ranging from UN resolutions to local community-based programmes. Although policy makers and UN agencies have paid more attention to the needs and concerns of v, omen combatants over the years, the phenomenon of domestic or family violence has largely been ignored. Armed conflict is a gender issue and women's experiences are different from those of men. To read the entire report, visit: http://www.genevadeclaration.org/pdfs/gender.pdf

Le rapport se focalise specifiquement sur la nature et la portee des conflits en Afrique, notamment la violence sexuelle, a la fois pendant et apres les conflits armes ainsi que au sein du foyer familial, de maniere a illustrer les rapports...