Tag: Rape victims

By Nida Fatima Conflicts are not known to be gender-neutral. They affect men and women differently. Throughout history, female bodies have served as battlefields and war booties.  Sexual violence is almost always a part of the narrative in a conflict zone where men drunk with power and intoxicated with the assurance of accountability see no reason for sexual restraint. Bilkis Bano was nineteen when she was gang-raped and left for dead during the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat. The gang on a communal rampage had also mercilessly murdered several members of...