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Arts & Literature: Feeding Her Child A Green Slipper Instead Of A Cucumber, Kaziwa Salih
Arts & Literature: Feeding Her Child A Green Slipper Instead Of A Cucumber, Kaziwa Salih
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
I first observed the confident, sad, yet hopeful face of Nabat Fayiaq Rahman through the black screen of the TV. She was wearing a traditional, completely black Kurdish outfit that matched the stage curtains designed for the anniversary of the Anfal genocide, marked on April 14th of each year. The Kurdish Anfal genocide in Iraq was perpetrated by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1980s. Human Rights Watch (1994) estimates that as many as 182,000 Kurds were buried alive in mass graves; many of these mass graves were found after Hussein was overthrown. More than 2.5 million people were displaced, 4500 …
Gender And The Future Of Genocide Studies And Prevention, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgery
Gender And The Future Of Genocide Studies And Prevention, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgery
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This article addresses the implications of recent gender research for the definition of the crime of genocide and our understanding of it as an historical process. It proposes that gendered violence is a central defining component of the crime. Going beyond a discussion of rape and sexual violence, it argues that a gendered understanding of atrocity in general offers important tools for an early warning system that should be incorporated into the research methodology and reporting strategies of the United Nations, the International Criminal Court (ICC), human rights organizations, and government agencies and intelligence services. Briefly examining the cases of …