“Your Womb is Our Enemy!”
War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide were committed in the war in Tigray. This article focuses on the use of sexual violence as an instrument of war. It narrates the scale, nature, and intentions of the sexual violence perpetrated on Tigrayan women, girls, men and boys. It showcases th...
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War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide were committed in the war in Tigray. This article focuses on the use of sexual violence as an instrument of war. It narrates the scale, nature, and intentions of the sexual violence perpetrated on Tigrayan women, girls, men and boys. It showcases the extreme cruelty, dehumanization and intent to sterilize and inflict maximum damage from stories of victims and witnesses. It compares them with the rape crimes committed in other cases and concludes the nature of the crime was genocidal.
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| spelling | doaj-art-dd1102e6fa0c4ebd8c4327ecd7d138d02025-01-08T06:16:45ZengUJ PressJournal of BRICS Studies2519-74522519-74602024-08-013110.36615/rd8sjp28“Your Womb is Our Enemy!” Muauz Gidey Alemu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-7373Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0889-1966Tigray Institute of Policy StudiesWorld Peace Foundation, Fletcher School, Tufts University War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide were committed in the war in Tigray. This article focuses on the use of sexual violence as an instrument of war. It narrates the scale, nature, and intentions of the sexual violence perpetrated on Tigrayan women, girls, men and boys. It showcases the extreme cruelty, dehumanization and intent to sterilize and inflict maximum damage from stories of victims and witnesses. It compares them with the rape crimes committed in other cases and concludes the nature of the crime was genocidal. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jbs/article/view/2844Tigray GenocideReproductive ViolenceGenocidal RapeEthiopiaEritrea and Amhara |
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| title | “Your Womb is Our Enemy!” |
| title_full | “Your Womb is Our Enemy!” |
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| title_short | “Your Womb is Our Enemy!” |
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| topic | Tigray Genocide Reproductive Violence Genocidal Rape Ethiopia Eritrea and Amhara |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jbs/article/view/2844 |
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