Responding to Sexual Violence: How (De-) Politicization and Technicalization Shape Donor-Funded Interventions

Responding to intimate partner and sexual violence against women.

Methods : How They Shape Views of Sexual Violence

This article distinguishes among the various research strategies available to the sexual aggression researcher and notes the limited domains of explanation inherent in each approach. Runkel and McGrath's (1972) circumplex typology is adapted as an organizing framework to clarify the relationships among the various research approaches. Examples of each type of research are given from the sexual ...

Control, De-politicization and the eState

Using an extensive case analysis of the Bhoomi system of India, this paper examines the role and nature of the state with regards to the rationale for and deployment of e-government systems. Issues such as the nature of control in governance, the discourse of de-politicization in justifying e-government and the reinvention of the state via electronic means are examined. Analysis of data collect...

Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence in Situations of Fragility and Conflict

Women and girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence in situations of fragility and conflict. Sexual and physical violence against women and girls are often used to dominate, to terrorize, and to humiliate people (World Bank 2011). During conflict, they are often sexually tortured and abused with devastating physical and psychological trauma. The high level of sexual and gender-based ...

Recognizing and responding to domestic violence.