The Hidden War

An interactive tracker to illustrate the enduring
connection between sexual violence and conflict.

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The Hidden War

Sexual violence in the History of Modern Conflict

War Information


Conflict Related Sexual Violence


Statistics


1945

Acknowledgments

This project was funded by the generous support of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service's Mark Adamsson Fellowship.

Contact

Researched by Su Lee

sfl36@georgetown.edu

Website Designed by JonJon Wang

jonjonwang0422@gmail.com

Data Source

- Foreign Broadcast Information Services, U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, scholarly sources

- War Dataset: Sarkees, Meredith Reid and Frank Wayman (2010). Resort to War: 1816 – 2007. Washington DC: CQ Press.

- Terminology and framing developed (prevalence) by SVAC dataset: Cohen, Dara Kay and Ragnhild Nordås. 2014. Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Dataset, from the Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Dataset website: http://www.sexualviolencedata.org