Browsing by Subject "Sexual Violence"

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El fenómeno del feminicido: Una propuesta de recategorización
(2008-04) Ravelo Blancas, Patricia
Después de varias décadas de práctica feminista y reflexión analítica de la violencia contra las mujeres, se ha ido desarrollando un marco conceptual más definido: el del feminicidio, que se centra en una de las dimensiones más lacerantes de la violencia sexual y de género: la de violentar reiteradamente el cuerpo, la subjetividad, la sexualidad, la vida y libertad de las mujeres hasta matarlas sistemáticamente de manera sanguinaria.
Reparation Through Transformation? An Examination of the ICC Reparation System in Cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2018) Brachthäuser, Franziska
With the introduction of Article 75 to the Rome Statute, the ICC has set the goal to establish a reparation system for victims of mass atrocities. While processes of reparation for victims are only beginning to take shape at the Court, problems become particularly complex in the context of sexual and gender-based crimes. How can one adequately respond to damages that go beyond what can be repaired by mere financial compensation? And how can individual needs be addressed in mass atrocities? The limited legal mandate, legitimacy and funding of the ICC trigger doubts on the viability of its promises. The intersection of these two problems, a coherent reparation practice and acknowledgement of sexual violence in international crimes stand at the center of this study. It argues that the reparation system of the ICC as it stands is overburdened with the idea of full-fledged reparation. Ultimately, it argues that the idea of reparative complementarity could offer a valuable alternative.
Sexual Violence and College Masculinities within the U.S. Higher Education System, with an Emphasis on the University of Texas at Austin
(2016) Zhang, Amy; Gonzalez-Lopez, Gloria
Sexual violence is one of the most prevalent crimes that occurs on college campuses, even taking into consideration underreported cases due to negative stigmas around reporting. Even on large campuses like the University of Texas at Austin with ample prevention programs and resources for survivors, a culture of sexual violence has quietly perpetuated, allowing for nearly 20 percent of female undergraduates to experience penetrative assault during their time on campus, despite University statistics that say otherwise. Overall, a contributing factor to this statistic may be the perpetuation of negative, hegemonic masculinities. Accordingly, this thesis seeks to answer the following: What do we know about the cultures of masculinity that exist at UT-Austin, and in what ways do all-male organizations promote cultures of masculinity that prompt the risk of sexual assault and interpersonal violence? Firstly, I will give an overview of the history of sexual violence at UT-Austin before analyzing 2015 statistics to get a summary of the state of sexual violence on campus, according to survivors and bystanders. Following this, I will examine masculinities as they are seen through men's social groups on campus, overall assessing West Campus culture and potential strategies for improvement. Thirdly, I will look at existing prevention and intervention programs, offering solutions for improvement. Lastly, I will use a case study of a homicide that occurred on campus to illustrate how UT-Austin responded to heightened concerns about campus safety.
We Can't Stop Thinking About It: Sexual Misconduct, Feminism and Documentary Storytelling
(2020) Stanley, Grace; Bonifazio, Paola
In this paper, I contextualize the topic of sexual misconduct at the University of Texas to the fields of documentary film theories and practices, intersectional feminism and the study of rape culture in the United States. I explore my personal experience learning about sexual misconduct at my school, meeting protesters on campus, filming the Coalition Against Sexual Misconduct (a student protest organization), editing the film and my take-aways from creating We Can’t Stop Thinking About It. My hope is that people reading and watching my thesis will reflect on sexual misconduct procedures in the education system, think about the consequences of those procedures and consider change.