A Technical Consultation on Methods and Systems for the Assessment and Monitoring of Sexual Violence and Exploitation in Conflict Situations

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Published on: Dec 13, 2005

General Background Documents

Banatvala, N., and Zwi, AB. (July 2000). Conflict and Health Public Health and Humanitarian Interventions: Developing the Evidence Base. BJM, Vol. 321.
Dufour, C., de Geoffroy, V., Maury, H., Grunewald, F. Rights, Standards and Quality in a Complex Humanitarian Space: Is Sphere the Right Tool? Disasters, Vol. 28:2.
El-Bushra, Judy and Ibrahim, Sahl. (2005) Cycles of Violence, Gender Relations, and Armed Conflict. Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (Accord) Publications: Nairobi, Kenya.
WHO. (December 1999). Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA) Advisory Group on Research in Emergencies. Report from the informal meeting of Paris. WHO: Geneva, Switzerland.
WHO. (October 1997). Report of Consultation on Applied Health Research Priorities in Complex Emergencies. WHO: Geneva, Switzerland.

Ethics

Ellsberg, M., Heise, L., Pena, R., and Winkvist, A. (2001). "Researching Domestic Violence Against Women: Methodological and Ethical Considerations." Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 32:1.
World Health Organization. (1999). "Putting Women's Safety First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women."Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, WHO. Geneva, Switzerland.

Reproductive Health in Conflict-affected Settings

Delargy, P., Alakbarov, R. (2004). "Thinking Ahead about Reproductive Health: Contingency Planning and Emergency Preparedness in Crisis Situations (Iraq and West Africa)." Disasters, Vol. 28:3.
Human Rights Watch. (April 12, 2005). Sexual Violence and its Consequences among Displaced Persons in Darfur and Chad. Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper.
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2005) Task Force on Gender and Humanitarian Assistance. Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Emergencies: Focusing on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence. (Field Test Version) Geneva.
McGinn, T., Casey, S., Purdin, S. & Marsh, M. (2004). RH for Conflict-affected People: Policies, Research and Programs.Humanitarian Practice Network Paper, Number 45.
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium. (2003). Gender-based Violence Tools Manual: for Assessment, Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-affected Settings. RHRC Consortium. New York, NY.
UNFPA. (2003). "Enlisting the Armed Forces to Project Reproductive Health and Rights: Lessons Learned From Nine Countries." Technical Support Division, Culture, Gender and Human Rights Branch. New York.
WHO/UNHCR. (2004 revised edition). Clinical Management of Rape Survivors. WHO.

Data Collection on SGBV in Conflict-affected Settings

Amowitz, L. et al. (2002). Prevalence of War-Related Sexual Violence and Other Human Rights Abuses Among Internally Displaced Persons in Sierra Leone. JAMA, Vol. 287:4.
Hynes, M., Robertson, K., Ward, J., and Crouse, C. (2004). A Determination of the Prevalence of Gender-based Violence among Conflict-affected Populations in East Timor.Disasters, Vol. 28:3.
International Alert Women’s Peace Programme. (2005). Women’s Bodies as a Battleground: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls During the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo. International Alert.
Physicians for Human Rights. (2002). War- related Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone. Physicians for Human Rights: Boston, MA.
Jennings, PJ., and Swiss, S. (2000). Statistical Information on Violence Against Women During the Liberian Civil War. In Statistics, Development, and Human Rights: Proceedings of the International Association of Official Statistics, Montreux, Switzerland.
Ward, J., and Brewer, J. (2004). "Gender-based Violence in Conflict-Affected Settings: Overview of a Multi-Country Research Project."Forced Migration Review, 19.

Data Collection on SGBV in non-Conflict Settings

Basile, KC, Saltzman, LE. (2002). Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Elements.
Campbell, J. (2000). "Promise and Perils of Surveillance in Addressing Violence Against Women." Violence Against Women,Vol.6:7.
Division for the Advancement of Women. (2005). "Report of the expert group meeting. Good Practice in Combating and Eliminating Violence Against Women." United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 17-20 May 2005, Vienna, Austria.
http://www.un .org/womenwatch/daw/egm/vaw-stat-2005/
Koss, M., and Gidycz, A. (1985). "Sexual Experiences Survey: Reliability and Validity." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,Vol.53:4.
Koss, M., Gidycz, A., and Wisniewski, N. (1987). "The Scope of Rape: Incidence and Prevalence of Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of Higher Education Students." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,Vol.55:2.
Saltzman, L. (2004). "Definitional and Methodological Issues Related to Transnational Research on Intimate Partner Violence." Violence Against Women,Vol.10:7.
Saltzman, LE., Fanslow, Jl, McMahon, PM, Shelley, GA. (1999). "Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Elements, Version, 1.0." Atlanta, GA: National Century for Injury Preventon and Conctol, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
World Health Organization. (2005). Summary Report, Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women: Summary Report of Initial Results on Prevalence, Health Outcomes and Women’s Responses. Geneva, World Health Organization. For the full report go to: http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/

Economic Dimensions of SGBV

Bott, S., Morrison, A., and Ellsberg, M. (June 2005). "Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Middle and Low-income Countries: A Global Review and Analysis." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3618.
Morrison, AR, and Orlando, MB. (November 2004). The Costs and Impacts of Gender-based Violence in Developing Countries: Methodological Considerations and New Evidence.
Waters H, Hyder A, Rajkotia Y, Basu S, Rehwinkel JA, Butchart A. The Economic Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence. Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2004.

Development and Recovery

Douglas, S., Varr, V., Hill, V., and Kasuma, W. (2004). Getting it Right, Doing it Right: Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration. UN Development Fund for Women.
Interim Disarmament Demoblization and Reintegration Programme for Sudan. (IDDrP) (July 2005).
Muggah, R. (April 2005). No Magic Bullet: A Critical Perspective on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Weapons Reduction in Post-conflict Contexts. The Round Table, Vol. 94: 379, p. 239-252.
Schroeder, E., Varr, V., and Schnabel, A. (2005). Gender Awareness in Research on Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Preliminary Report. Swisspeace, Bern.

HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence and Conflict

Amnesty International. (April 2004) Rwanda: “Marked for Death," Rape Victims Living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. Amnesty International. AFR 47/007/2004.
Nduwimana, F. (December 2004) The Right to Survive: Sexual Violence, Women and HIV/AIDS. Rights & Democracy: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development.
World Health Organization. Clinical Management of Rape Survivors World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland.

HIV/AIDS and Conflict

Mock,N., et al. (2004). "Conflict and HIV: A Framework for Risk Assessment to Prevent HIV in Conflict-affected Settings." Emerging Issues in Epidemiology, Vol. 1:6.
Spiegel, P. (2004). "HIV/AIDS Among Conflict-affected and Displaced Populations: Dispelling Myths and Taking Action."Disasters, Vol. 28:3.

Human Rights and SBGV

Human Rights Watch. (2005). Seeking Justice: The Prosecution of Sexual Violence in the Congo War. Vol. 17:1(A).
Human Rights Watch. (2004). Struggling to Survive: Barriers to Justice for Rape Victims in Rwanda. Vol. 16:10(A).
Gingerich, T and Leaning, J. (October 2004) The Use of Rape as a Weapon of War in the Conflict in Darfur, Sudan.
UNIFEM. (2004). "Report of the Conference (S/2004/862) PEACE NEEDS WOMEN AND WOMEN NEED JUSTICE Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations." UNIFEM and the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC). 15 - 17 September 2004, New York City.

Human Rights Approaches to Surveillance, Early Warning and Humanitarian Information

Ball. P. Who Did What to Whom? Planning and Implementing a Large Scale Human Rights Data Project.
Ball, P., Spirer, HF., and Spirer, L.. (Eds). (2000). Making the Case: Investigating Large Scale Human Rights Violations Using Information Systems and Data Analysis. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Program Washington, DC and Stamford Ct.
Hagmeyer-Gaverus, G., and Weissman, M. (March 2003). Early Warning Indicators for Preventive Policy: A New Approach in Early Warning Research. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Krummenacher, H., Schwarz, D., and Siegfried, M. (2002). "Local Information Networks: Practical Requirements and Considerations."
Schmeidl, S., and Piza-Lopez, E. (2002). Gender and Conflict Early Warning: A Framework for Action. International Alert and the Swiss Peace Foundation.
Taback, N and Coupland, R. (2005) "Towards Collation and Modelling of the Global Cost of Armed Violence on Civilians." Medicine, Conflict, and Survival. V. 21(1).

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