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Przemoc seksualna związana z konfliktem (CRSV) w wojnie rosyjsko-ukraińskiej
Conflict-related Sexual Violence in the Russia–Ukraine War

Author(s): Aleksandra Gasztold, Kornela Oblińska
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Political history, Social history, Social Theory, Present Times (2010 - today), Sociology of Politics, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV); gender-sensitive conflict analysis (GSCA); women; war; Russia; Ukraine;

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses confl ict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in the Russia––Ukraine war. CRSV is a form of violence that affects men and women differently because of their assigned roles in society. Despite the existence of basic structural solutions to gender equality and limited female empowerment in Russia and Ukraine, the war is a symptom of unresolved problems and deep gender prejudice. The authors address the question of whether femininity and masculinity are correlated with the cruelty of war and with the redistribution of militarism through the prism of gender-sensitive confl ict analysis (GSCA). This approach enables a more comprehensive understanding of various forms of violence against men and women, identifi es problems and measures to counter them and shows different types of violence used to hold on to and exercise power in the public and private spheres. To understand contemporary events in the Russia–Ukraine confl ict, one can assume that many decisions not only affect gender but also condition it.

  • Issue Year: 50/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 45-74
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Polish