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The social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence: New evidence from list experiments in three conflict-affected populations

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  • Carlo Koos
  • Richard Traunmüller

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Wartime sexual violence is widespread across conflict zones and thought to leave a disastrous legacy for survivors, communities, and nations. Yet, systematic studies on i) the prevalence and ii) the social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence are fraught with severe data limitations. Based on individual-level survey evidence from three conflict-affected populations in Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Sri Lanka, we make two contributions.

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  • Carlo Koos & Richard Traunmüller, 2022. "The social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence: New evidence from list experiments in three conflict-affected populations," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-11, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Alina Greiner & Maximilian Filsinger, 2022. "(Dis)Trust in the Aftermath of Sexual Violence: Evidence from Sri Lanka," HiCN Working Papers 377, Households in Conflict Network.

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