'If your husband doesn't humiliate you, other people won't': Gendered attitudes towards sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
'If your husband doesn't humiliate you, other people won't': Gendered attitudes towards sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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DOI：
10.1080/17441692.2011.585344
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Vanrooyen, Michael J.
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作者：
Kelly, Jocelyn;Kabanga, Justin;Vanrooyen, Michael J.
刚果民主共和国（DRC）十多年的战斗导致了广泛的侵犯人权行为，其中性暴力和基于性别的暴力（SGBV）是最突出和最令人不安的特征之一。本文使用了基于10个焦点小组的定性数据，包括86名女性和男性，以更好地了解性别社区对南基伍省性暴力及其后果的看法。我们得出的结论是，对许多幸存者来说，强奸的后果远远超出了与袭击相关的生理和心理创伤。受访者表示，性暴力已成为一种社会现象，在这种现象中，因性暴力而经历的社区孤立和耻辱与对性暴力本身的担忧一样重要。男性焦点小组参与者解释了他们知道自己的女性亲属被强奸后的羞愧和愤怒。这些调查结果突出了幸存者重新融入社区的复杂性，并确定了一些方案和政策影响，例如需要向性暴力幸存者及其家人以及个人提供咨询；创收培训的重要性；需要改进司法机制，将肇事者绳之以法。
More than a decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in extensive human rights abuses, of which sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is one of the most salient and disturbing features. This paper uses qualitative data, based on 10 focus groups with 86 women and men to better understand gendered community perspectives on SGBV and its consequences in South Kivu. We conclude that for many survivors, rape has consequences far beyond the physiological and psychological trauma associated with the attack. Respondents say sexual violence has become a societal phenomenon, in which the community isolation and shame experienced as a result of the attack become as important as concerns about the attack itself. Male focus group participants explain their own feelings of shame and anger associated with knowing their female relatives were raped. These findings highlight the complexity of community reintegration for survivors and identify a number of programmatic and policy implications, such as the need for counselling for survivors of sexual violence with their families as well as individually; the importance of income-generating training; and the need for improved justice mechanisms to bring perpetrators to justice.