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Full Article - Associated Press: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMJ30OyX6btcjGlkS1HAobqkw-JwD9BPE1682
UN:
50 Peacekeepers Punished for Sex Abuses
GENEVA — At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the U.N. said Thursday.
The data were released after media organizations asked what measures countries were taking against peacekeepers accused of rape and other abuses in conflict areas such as Congo. The U.N. can investigate allegations of misconduct, but prosecution is handled solely by governments contributing personnel to missions...........
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MICROCON - Micro Level Analysis of
Violent Conflict
Direct Link to Full 31-Page
Document:
Via Eldis - http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/conflict-and-security&id=45071&type=Document
UN
Peacekeeping Economies and Local Sex Industries:
Connections and
Implications
Authors:
Jennings,K. M. ; Nikolic-Ristanovic,V.
Produced by: Microcon (2009)
UN peacekeeping missions have been a major component of many conflict
and post-conflict environments. The resultant 'economies' that emerge to
accommodate such an influx of personnel - the UN Mission in the Democratic
Republic of Congo numbers some 20 000 for instance - have received scant
attention from researchers, with little known of the resulting economic,
socio-cultural or political impacts. However, such peacekeeping economies are
the arena where the local populace interact with the international civilian and
military personnel. The subsequent relations not only have a major impact on
local and international perceptions of the mission but shape the roles and the status
of the local citizens themselves.
This paper considers the characteristics of such peacekeeping economies, paying
particular attention to the attendant sex industry. The authors contend that
such economies are highly gendered but that the "normalisation" of
peacekeeping economies allows these gendered effects to be overlooked or
obscured. Furthermore the research also asserts that the gender relations
contained in, and gendered effects of, peacekeeping economies - including the
accompanying expansion of the sex industry - have been carried over into the
post-peacekeeping period, with broad and lasting consequences.
The authors findings/conclusions include:
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