"War, Nationalism, and Rape: Women Respond by Opening a Centre Against Sexual Violence in Belgrade, Serbia" by Donna M. Hughes, Dr.

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War, Nationalism, and Rape: Women Respond by Opening a Centre Against Sexual Violence in Belgrade, Serbia

Women's Studies International Forum (1996)

Donna M. Hughes, Dr., University of Bradford
Kathleen Foxter

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Abstract

On 10 December 1993, International Human Rights Day, The Autonomous Women's Centre Against Sexual Violence opened in Belgrade, Serbia. Plans for the Centre started in 1992 when women from the Belgrade SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence formed The Group for Women Raped in War.

Keywords

war,
nationalism,
rape,
Serbia,
sexual violence,
feminist response

Disciplines

Eastern European Studies,
Gender and Sexuality,
Inequality and Stratification,
Other International and Area Studies,
Politics and Social Change and
Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance

Publication Date

1996

Citation Information

Donna M. Hughes and Kathleen Foxter. "War, Nationalism, and Rape: Women Respond by Opening a Centre Against Sexual Violence in Belgrade, Serbia" Women's Studies International Forum Vol. 19 Iss. 1/2 (1996)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/donna_hughes/28/