Conflict Related Sexual Violence and insurgencies; Why is conflict related sexual violence widely used in some conflicts and less widespread in others?
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2023-07-13
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Although there has been research into Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV), this research is not
sufficient in explaining the variance in CRSV across conflicts and has been proven to make incorrect
assumptions. Moreover, there has been little interest in structural causes, through which generalisable
assumptions can be made. Therefore, the aim of this research is to explain why conflict related sexual
violence is widely used in some conflicts and less widespread in other conflicts. In doing so this thesis
looks at the effect of four structural causes that might be underlying causes to CRSV. These structural
causes are territorial control, accessing natural resources through extortion, accessing natural
resources through smuggling and genocide. The effects of these structural causes are examined for
insurgencies between 1998 and 2012. The results of a binary logistic regression analysis show that
when insurgents access natural resources through extortion, they are more likely to perpetrate CRSV.
Additionally, it shows that insurgents who control territory are more likely to perpetrate CRSV.
However, the analysis finds no effect for the structural causes smuggling and genocide. Therefore,
territorial control and extortion can help explain why CRSV is used in some conflicts and not in
others.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen