Al-Ali, Nadje (2018) 'Sexual violence in Iraq: Challenges for transnational feminist politics.' European Journal of Women’s Studies, 25 (1). pp. 10-27.
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Abstract
The article discusses sexual violence by ISIS against women in Iraq, particularly Yezidi women, against the historical background of broader sexual and gender-based violence. It intervenes in feminist debates about how to approach and analyse sexual and wider gender-based violence in Iraq specifically and the Middle East more generally. Recognizing the significance of positionality, the article argues against dichotomous positions and for the need to look at both macrostructural configurations of power pertaining to imperialism, neoliberalism and globalization on the one hand, and localized expressions of patriarchy, religious interpretations and practices and cultural norms on the other hand. Finally, the article reflects on the question of what a transnational feminist solidarity might look like in relation to sexual violence by ISIS.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for Gender Studies Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Centre for Gender Studies |
| ISSN: | 14617420 |
| Copyright Statement: | © The Author(s) 2016. This is the accepted version of an article published by SAGE in European Journal of Women’s Studies on March 1st 2016. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506816633723 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506816633723 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2016 13:53 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/22128 |
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