Dr. Dara Kay Cohen, "Wartime Sexual Violence Yesterday, Ukraine, and Tomorrow: A Context"

NOTE: this episode contains graphic and explicit content based on its thematic focus on wartime sexual violence.

In this episode, the #BruteCast continues its focus on the war in #Ukraine with Dr. Dara Kay Cohen, who discusses issues of wartime sexual violence and what is currently known about sexual violence from #Russia's ongoing invasion of #Ukraine.

The Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC) dataset that Dr. Cohen references in this presentation can be accessed here: http://www.sexualviolencedata.org/

In a 2021 article in the Annual Review of Political Science, Dr. Cohen reassessed the literature on wartime sexual violence to develop a deeper understanding about when, where, why, and under what conditions sexual violence occurs as well as its consequences. That article can be accessed here: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-polisci-041719-102620

Dr. Dara Kay Cohen is Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is an internationally-known expert on gender and sexual violence in conflict, civil wars, gender studies, and feminist theory. Her research has been published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals including the American Political Science Review, International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Stanford Law Review, and International Organization. She has also published two books, Rape during Civil War (Cornell University Press, 2016) and Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States (Cambridge University Press, 2020), the latter co-authored with Dr. Danielle F. Jung. Dr. Cohen has a PhD in Political Science from Stanford University and was previously a paralegal in the Outstanding Scholars Program in the Counterterrorism Section of the U.S. Department of Justice (2001-2003) and an assistant professor of public affairs at the University of Minnesota. For additional information on this episode's content, Dr. Cohen may be reached at: dara_cohen@hks.harvard.edu

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