Feminist Foreign Politics

Sexual violence against girls and boys within the context of armed conflict - Report on an expert panel and film screening from December 10, 2013  

The media take on a key role during wars and in their aftermath. This holds true, on the one hand, for war propaganda, which legitimises violence and builds public approval for belligerent acts. At the other end of the scale, radio, television, newspapers and social media condemn war-related violence and help build peace. Media coverage of sexualised war-related violence falls somewhere between these two conflicting priorities.