This paper examines the role of ethnic-based gender norms in explaining the occurrence and intensity of sexual violence … in 33 ethnic civil conflicts in Africa between 1989 and 2009 and their use of sexual violence. After exploiting ancestral … actors are more likely to be perpetrators of sexual violence. Second, we consider the perpetrator's gender norms relative to …

While the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act is undeniably a victory for feminism, serving as a vehicle for a … sophisticated national discourse on violence between intimate partners, it is also a civil rights victory. This Article argues that … the Violence Against Women Act provides a unique opportunity for collaboration between the civil rights and feminist …