Human Security Campaigns: Past, Present and Future: WPS Flashcards
How much is Human Trafficking worth globally per year?
$150 billion
What percentage of trafficked people are women and where do they mostly come from?
80% women from conflict zones
4 important things to remember about war
- It is a gendered experience
- intersectionality occurs
- context is key
- a variety of things can be weaponised e.g. sexual violence
What groups carry out sexual violence in conflict?
all sides e.g. NATO troops in Kosovo buying sex from trafficked women
Is there a correlation between warfare and domestic violence?
yes
5 important points about weaponizing sexual and gender-based violence
- cheap to deploy and is an effective threat
- dehumanising effect
- breaks bonds between fighters and family
- Can target men in gendered military roles by manipulating to attack masculinity
- the psychological impact of manipulating gender roles
Is there a clear divide between conflict and post-conflict?
no. Violence especially sexual violence does not necessarily stop with peace agreement and the consequences of sexual and gender-based violence endure e.g. Stigma, shame, physical harm
Give the 7 elements of violence and conflict that Men, especially youth, are most likely to be subjected to
- Kidnap
- Torture
- Detention
- Forcible recruitment
- Non-combatant deaths
- Combatant deaths
- Landmines
Give the 6 elements of violence and conflict that Women are primarily subjected to
- displacement
- Sexual violence
- forced labor
- care for casualties
- single head of household
- trafficking
Srebrenica
Massacre in Bosnia 1995 which occurred within an area mainly populated by Muslims who were known to be extremely vulnerable and were supposed to be protected by the UN
What does the International Criminal Tribunal (for the former) Yugoslavia testimony state regarding Srebrenica?
That the Bosnian Serbs were gathered together, women were sent right, men sent left
How many women survived the Srebrenica massacre and what were they subjected to?
20-30,000 but were subject to violence such as abuse and rape
How many men were killed in the Srebrenica massacre?
8000, they were put in mass graves
What was one of the things that happened to women following the Srebrenica massacre?
They were forced into rape camps where they were detained and forced to perform traditional women’s tasks (cooking, cleaning) and were subject to constant rape by soldiers and police
What major event occurred in 2016 in relation to the Srebrenica massacre?
The first reparations were paid to women victims of sexual violence
Sierra Leone
- Women were forced to move along the front line with the soldiers
- forced marriage and pregnancy
- supporting the war effort
Rwanda
- sexual violence was used as an integral part of the ethnic cleansing and genocide objectives
- ‘Raped as women, murdered as Tutsis’’
- 250-500,000 women raped
- used to dehumanize, objectify, breed out the enemy and make carrying out other violence easier
Syria/Lebanon/Jordan
- within these places forced marriage as a response to economic duress, suffering and lack of opportunities is prominent
- it aims to protect individuals from economic duress, rape, and domestic violence
- child marriage key
- In Syria, this has been steadily rising (12% in 2011 rising to 32% in 2014)
ISIS
- Yazidi women deeply enmeshed in theology of IS and bureaucracy
- Have ‘warehouses’ where women are sold with courts that notarize the sales
- a 12 year old= worth 1 packet of cigarettes
- sexual slavery is integrated into the IS economy and legal structure
Leymah Gbowee
- Peace activist leader in Liberia who was responsible for leading the women’s peace movement
- Bought together women from all different groups
- used argument that these are our sons and husbands, we have a different story to tell and want peace
Mothers of the disappeared Argentina
- Children disappeared during periods of state terrorism and military dictatorships between 1976-83
- aim to find out what happened to their children
- marches in defiance of the state= weekly
- International campaign-> signs with photos and publicizing their children’s names
- raised awareness globally of the human rights abuses occurring
- the military has admitted that 9,000 still unaccounted for but Mothers say closer to 30,000
Name the 11th most unequal place in the world
Colombia
During what period were only 2 political parties in power in Colombia?
1848-1991
What occurred following the assassination of liberal reformer Jorge Gaitan in Colombia?
-la violencia ensued between conservative and liberal supporters
How many lives did La Violencia claim?
300,000
What ended la violencia how did this impact the next period of violence in Colombia?
The political Parties came to a compromise which left no hope for those wanting major reform
How did FARC and ELN emerge?
from the armed groups involved in La violencia they became leftist insurgencies that seek to replace the government
What significantly alters the Colombian conflict in 1997?
The formation of AUC, a govenment supported group trying to get rid of the guerrillas through ‘dirty wars’
What % of women make up FARC?
40%
What % of Women make up ELN?
30%
What % of Women make up AUC?
10%
Name 5 things that occur during the conflict in Colombia?
- Displacement
- Torture
- assasinations
- sexual violence
What percentage of the Colombian population were displaced as a result of the conflict?
12%
Who was the worst affected by the Colombian conflict
Women’s, Afro-Colombian and indigenous rights defenders, journalists, laborers, LGBTQ
How many people were dead by 2005 as a result of the Colombian conflict?
250,000 dead, 5.8 million displaced
How did the armed groups fund themselves?
Through cocaine production and trade, human trafficking, kidnapping
What is the key issue facing Colombia?
reconciling the differences between elites and peasants
What percentage of SGBV was carried out by AUC?
58%
How many people are on the national register of victims in Colombia?
8,500,000, however, the actual number of victims is likely to be far higher
What percentage of people on the Colombian national victims register are displaced peoples
70%