This article reviews the remarkable growth in empirical literature in political science on
wartime sexual violence against civilians, including rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage …

This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner
violence. Women in Nigeria were randomly assigned to answer questions using either an …

Highlights•Gender inequality contributes significantly to political violence.•Sexual violence
has an endemic role in armed conflict.•Male dominance perpetuates through inequitable …

This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner and
sexual violence in Nigeria and Rwanda. Respondents were randomly assigned to answer …

Quantitative data about political violence are frequently based on “desk research,” data
derived from secondary sources that do not require direct contact between researchers and …

A nascent body of literature has highlighted the violence (broadly defined) that women
sometimes face as they enter politics. Some interpretations depict this violence as primarily …

Rationale Social desirability bias, which is the tendency to under-report socially, undesirable
health behaviours, significantly distorts information on sensitive behaviours, gained from self …

This interdisciplinary book constitutes the first major and comparative study of resilience
focused on victims-/survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Locating resilience …

Sexual violence by armed groups is common in civil wars. Qualitative studies have shown
that victims and their families experience social stigmatization. Stigmatization is viewed as a …

Scholars increasingly call for documentation and analysis of specific forms of conflict-related
sexual violence. Moreover, accountability for crimes is stronger when specific patterns of …