But with the ongoing rape of female children, especially though not exclusively those from minority and marginalised communities, this form of endemic gendered violence has entered a new phase. Rape and ethnocideAt least four examples of the organised rape of minority women come to mind. Those rapes were not just a routine part of civil war but a deliberate attempt at ethnocide and demographic manipulation. Women of the minority community were confined in notorious “rape camps”, subsequently investigated by an especially constituted international tribunal at The Hague. The rape of Rohingya women as part of the genocide of Muslims in Myanmar continues even now.

Source: The Hindu May 14, 2018 18:45 UTC