The Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda was established with the adoption of Resolution 1325 by the UN Security Council in 2000. The last two decades of reporting on sexual and gender-based violence enable us to study the magnitude of the problem across different types of conflict. What impact has international recognition of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence had on reporting practices, and how has reporting affected regional and national efforts to hold perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence accountable? This book examines different conflict situations of sexual violence in Africa, Latin America, Middle East, and Asia over the past decade. Chapters in this book explore the patterns of violence in different conflicts, the methodologies for analysing these patterns, the trajectory of international responses and prevention efforts, and the development of country-level responses to reports of sexual violence in conflict and fragile situations. The book explains how and why these responses were mobilised in response to reports, and considers how effective responses have been in light of the patterns and the structural root causes of the violence.

Sara E. Davies, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University. Jacqui True, Professor of International Relations, Monash University. Yolanda Riveros-Morales, International Womens Development Agency. Phyu Phyu Oo, ARC Research Fellow, Griffith University. Joana Osei-Tutu, PhD Candidate, Monash University. Rachel Banfield, PhD Candidate, Monash University.