Summary Women around the world are facing unprecedented levels of targeted political violence. New data on political violence targeting women collated by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) confirm that the threat of political violence towards women has grown, in particular over the past 18 months, and is currently at its highest…
Abstract In an effort to produce a more holistic and nuanced understanding of the violence women face in conflict, this article describes al Shabaab and Boko Haram’s respective patterns of political violence targeting women and compares them to one another. This article also describes and compares their respective political violence targeting civilians. This analysis, using…
Northern Kordofan state is currently the epicenter of Sudan’s complex conflict. Hundreds of thousands of civilians in the state have fled large towns such as Bara and Om-Rowaba, and rural areas have emptied due to escalated fighting, drone strikes, and risks of attacks on civilians. El-Obeid, the state’s capital and largest city, is currently under…
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