Nabiya Imran
Ms Nabiya Imran is an intern at the Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad.
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Keywords: IIOJK, Palestine, violence against women, CRSV, sexual exploitation
Abstract
Irrespective of the role that women play in conflict zones, they face sexual violence in several forms such as rape, sexual slavery, forced marriages, etc. History bears witness to sexual violence against women in cases such as Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Congo, and Rwanda, and among others. The UN recognises conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) as a punishable war tactic that has severe detrimental impacts on the victims. This paper explores CRSV in the context of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Occupied Palestinian Territories, perpetrated by the Indian and Israeli security forces, respectively. The crux of this paper is that Kashmiri and Palestinian women are being exploited based on their gender in the ongoing conflicts as a socio-political expression of patriarchal power, inflamed by religious ethnonationalism. The paper begins with an introduction followed by a discussion of the background and scope of this study and an overall description of women as weapons of war. It further probes into why sexual exploitation of women in conflict zones takes place. Then, the case studies of Kashmiri and Palestinian women are discussed separately in addition to a comparative analysis, followed by a conclusion.
First Published
March 25, 2021
How to Cite
Nabiya Imran, “Sexual Exploitation of Women in Conflict Zones: A Comparative Analysis of the IIOJK and the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” Regional Studies 39, no.1 (Spring 2021): 66-87, https://regionalstudies.com.pk/wp/article/sexual-exploitation-of-women-in-conflict-zones-a-comparative-analysis-of-the-iiojk-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territories/
Issue
Volume 39, Issue 1