These foundational principles also apply to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) – gender-based violence perpetrated by military and civilian staff of international peacekeeping operations. To consolidate and enhance their long-term wellbeing, survivors of CRSV must become the architects of their own programmes and projects, as part of the path to regaining control over their bodies and lives. This entails significantly more than awarding ‘voice’ or status as ‘beneficiaries’ to survivors. Effective programming must privilege the perspective of survivors and what they want in terms of support. CRSV, even when kept programmatically separate, occurs within the broader context of gender-based violence. When distinguishing CRSV from other forms of gender-based violence for programming purposes, it should be kept in mind that neat categorisations are not possible. Even though CRSV occurs in a unique environment, namely in conflict settings, it is part of a wider spectrum (or continuum) of gender-based violence that, while predominantly perpetrated against girls and women, is also experienced by boys and men. The recognition of a sexual violence continuum.Over the past decade, the literature has gradually coalesced around two foundational principles on which programming to address CRSV should be grounded: Since reliable evidence is scarce, the review will include promising avenues or what can be considered ‘better practice’, while also indicating programming that has been less than effective and noting gaps in the current knowledge.
It summarises recent writings on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), in particular evidence on ‘what works’ to address the myriad practical challenges of programming in this field.
This literature review supports ICAI’s review on The UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and its accompanying report on Sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeepers. Conflict-related sexual violence and sexual exploitation and abuse Introduction
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