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Title:Sexual violence in the Eritrean National Service
Author:Kibreab, GaimISNI
Year:2017
Periodical:African Studies Review (ISSN 1555-2462)
Volume:60
Issue:1
Pages:123-143
Language:English
Geographic term:Eritrea
Subjects:military service
sexual offences
women
External link:https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2017.5
Abstract:Claims of sexual violence against female conscripts by military commanders abound in the Eritrean National Service (ENS), but hitherto there has been no attempt to subject these claims to rigorous empirical scrutiny. This article is a partial attempt to fill the gap. Based on data collected through snowball sampling from 190 former conscripts in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, South Africa, Kenya, and Sweden who fled from the ENS, supplemented by data from systematically selected key informants who were interviewed in depth, it examines the extent to which female conscripts serving in the ENS were subjected to sexual violence and harassment by their commanders, including at the Sawa military training camp. The extensive data, based on the perceptions and experiences of respondents who served on average about six years, suggest that sexual abuse is rampant throughout the ENS, particularly among female conscripts who are assigned to work at the camp subsequent to the six months of military training. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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