No place to turn : violence against women in the Iraq conflict / Miriam Puttick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puttick, Miriam, author.

Contributor:

Minority Rights Group International, publisher.

Ceasefire Centre for Civil Rights, publisher.

Series:

Report (Minority Rights Group International)

Report / Minority Rights Group International

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against--Iraq.

Women.

Women--Crimes against--Iraq.

Abduction--Iraq.

Abduction.

Rape--Iraq.

Rape.

Human trafficking--Iraq.

Human trafficking.

Women and war--Iraq.

Women and war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Women--Iraq.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Women--Crimes against.

Women--Violence against.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

39 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Minority Rights Group International : Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, 2015.

Summary:

"Documents the extensive use of violence against women in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion, with a particular focus on violations perpetrated during the upsurge in violence over the past two years. Whether driven by political, 'moral' or sectarian motives, attacks on women have become a tactic of war used by parties on both sides of the conflict. The report draws on new gender-disaggregated data on civilian casualties, which indicate that the armed conflict in Iraq has led to the violent deaths of approximately 14,000 women since 2003. In addition to the women killed in bombings, shelling and air attacks on civilian areas in Iraq, women have been deliberately targeted for assassination by both pro-and anti-government militias across the country. 'Both Sunni and Shi'a militias have carried out mass extra-judicial executions of women for perceived transgression of moral codes,' says Mark Lattimer, Ceasefire's Director. 'But they are left free to kill and kill again.' 'Women have been the target of violence in Iraq for many years,' adds report author Miriam Puttick. 'Now, with the rise of ISIS, we are witnessing the renewal of a deliberate and violent campaign to erase women from the public life of the country.' The fighting in Iraq has generated mass population displacement and created tens of thousands of widows and female-headed households, escalating women's vulnerability." -- Minority Rights Group International web site.

Contents:

Introduction

Female victims of armed conflict

Assassinations and 'moral crimes'

Abductions

Rape and sexual assault

Trafficking in women and girls

Recommendations.

Notes:

Cover title.

"Published February 2015."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-38).

ISBN:

9781907919565

1907919562

OCLC:

905651324