Somatization Symptoms among Female Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Multi-Site Investigation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Edwards ◽  
Megan Crawford ◽  
Erin Tansill ◽  
Megan Murphy ◽  
Christine Gidycz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Site Investigation ◽  
Female Survivors

Gynecological and Contraceptive Needs of Female Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Violence [13C]

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (1) ◽  
pp. 34S-34S
Author(s):  
Pournami Rajeev ◽  
Brian Goddard ◽  
Savannah Pearson-Ayala ◽  
Sonya Chemouni Bach ◽  
Veronica Ades
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
Female Survivors

Reparation to Victims of Sexual Violence: Possibilities at the International Criminal Court and at the Trust Fund for Victims and Their Families

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE-MARIE DE BROUWER
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Trust Fund ◽  
Female Survivors

In this contribution the reparation possibilities for victims of sexual violence at the Inter-national Criminal Court and at the Trust Fund for Victims and their families are explored. This is done by explaining first of all why victims of sexual violence – and especially women – are in urgent need of reparation during and after conflict, with a special focus on the situation of female survivors of sexual violence in Rwanda. The reparation possibilities for victims of sexual violence at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda are subsequently discussed, followed by a similar discussion with regard to the ICC. Questions such as the nature of the best forms of reparation for victims of sexual violence and at what point they are made are also dealt with. Although the ICC reparations regime offers in theory a good means of providing restorative justice to victims of sexual violence, it is important that the special concerns and needs of such victims are not easily overlooked by the Court and that swift action is taken by the Trust Fund for Victims and their families to address their plight.

Displaced African Female Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Female Survivors

Report of the FIGO Working Group on Sexual Violence/HIV: Guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault

2010 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruxana Jina ◽  
Rachel Jewkes ◽  
Stephen P. Munjanja ◽  
José David Ortiz Mariscal ◽  
Elizabeth Dartnall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Female Survivors

Barriers to Help-Seeking for Sexual Violence Among Married or Cohabiting Women in Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110608
Author(s):  
Gervin A. Apatinga ◽  
Eric Y. Tenkorang
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Depth Interviews

While sexual violence against women has gained attention in sub-Saharan Africa, research examining help-seeking remains limited. Scholarship on barriers to help-seeking among sexually abused married or cohabiting women is particularly lacking. We used the barriers model and held 15 in-depth interviews with sexually abused Ghanaian married or cohabiting women to examine help-seeking behaviors. Participants identified multiple barriers to help-seeking, including financial difficulties, lack of social support, and stigma. The results corroborate the barriers model's formulation of the challenges faced by female survivors in reporting violence. They indicate the need to improve laws to promote help-seeking among women with experiences of sexual violence.

Sexual victims - supporting women's sexual and reproductive choices and wellbeing

Impact ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Risa Koyake
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Women's College ◽  
Reproductive Freedom ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
The Us ◽  
Expert Support

In Japan, support systems for female victims of sexual violence are lacking. Assistant Professor Risa Koyake, Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies, Department of Contemporary Children, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan, is working to ensure these women have the support they need and deserve. Her work is particularly focused on women in Japan and the US who are pregnant as a result of sexual violence. Abortion tends to be the assumed preference but the choice of whether or not to have an abortion is tied to the sexual and reproductive freedom of the victim and some of these women wish to give birth. Unfortunately, support is particularly lacking for female survivors of sexual violence who wish to give birth. In her work, Koyake conducts consultations and conversations with survivors of rape. She has experience as a volunteer at a group for survivors of domestic violence so is used to having sensitive and challenging discussions with women seeking expert support and guidance. Koyake's current project is entitled 'The Choice of Adoption or Abortion Among Women Pregnant as a Result of Sexual Violence in Japan and America', and involves looking at existing support and options for women in Japan who are pregnant as a result of sexual violence, ultimately seeking to build on exisiting support to ensure that it is adequate, particularly for rape victims who choose to give birth.

scholarly journals “If You Report Your Dad, How are You Going to Survive”: Health Practitioner Perspectives on Quality of Care for Survivors of Sexual Violence and the Challenge of Family Interference

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095962
Author(s):  
Leso Munala ◽  
Emily Welle ◽  
Emily Hohenshell
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Health Practitioner ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Loss To Follow Up ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Health Practitioners

This study examined the experiences and perspectives of health practitioners facing the challenges of providing services to female survivors of sexual violence. Interviews were conducted with 28 health practitioners, from eight post-rape care facilities located in Nairobi, Kenya. Data were analyzed using the Colaizzi’s 1978 analytical model. The analysis of the results was guided by four domains of the ecological framework: individual, interpersonal, community/cultural, and public policy. The study documented a myriad of detail about the challenges faced by women before reporting the crime as well as the actual process of reporting. One key finding from this study was that health practitioners perceived family interference as a barrier to reporting, access to care, and to the pursuit of justice for survivors, particularly if the perpetrator was a relative. Family interference was also identified as a factor with implications for health practitioners’ ability to ensure quality of care as it resulted in patients loss to follow-up and added to the negative emotional toll on health practitioners providing post-rape care. Three main themes emerged in practitioner responses related to this issue: (a) fear of consequences of reporting and care seeking, including economic vulnerability, family conflict, and retaliation such as divorce or further violence, (b) the trend toward out-of-court settlements rather than intervention through formal health and criminal justice sector challenges, and (c) attitudes toward sexual violence and survivors, normalization of rape, and victim-blaming attitudes. The study adds to our understanding of the obstacles faced by health practitioners providing post-rape care and provides a unique set of insights from the front lines on underlying factors contributing to these challenges.

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