The silent victims of sexual violence during war: Evidence from a list experiment in Sri Lanka
R Traunmüller, S Kijewski… - Journal of Conflict …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Sexual violence is believed to be widespread during war. Yet empirical evidence
concerning its prevalence is often limited. Victims, out of feelings of shame or fear,
underreport this form of violence. We tackle this problem by administering a list experiment
in a representative survey in Sri Lanka, which is only recently recovering from an ethnic civil
war between Sinhalese and Tamils. This unobtrusive method reveals that around 13 percent
of the Sri Lankan population has personally experienced sexual assault during the war—a …
concerning its prevalence is often limited. Victims, out of feelings of shame or fear,
underreport this form of violence. We tackle this problem by administering a list experiment
in a representative survey in Sri Lanka, which is only recently recovering from an ethnic civil
war between Sinhalese and Tamils. This unobtrusive method reveals that around 13 percent
of the Sri Lankan population has personally experienced sexual assault during the war—a …
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S Kijewski, M Freitag - richardtraunmueller.com
Sexual violence is believed to be widespread during war. Yet empirical evidence
concerning its prevalence is often limited. Victims, out of feelings of shame or fear,
underreport this form of violence. We tackle this problem by administering a list experiment
in a representative survey in Sri Lanka, which is only recently recovering from an ethnic civil
war between Singhalese and Tamils. This unobtrusive method reveals that around 13
percent of the Sri Lankan population has personally experienced sexual assault during the …
concerning its prevalence is often limited. Victims, out of feelings of shame or fear,
underreport this form of violence. We tackle this problem by administering a list experiment
in a representative survey in Sri Lanka, which is only recently recovering from an ethnic civil
war between Singhalese and Tamils. This unobtrusive method reveals that around 13
percent of the Sri Lankan population has personally experienced sexual assault during the …