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Title:      Gender-Based Violence Against Civilian Women in Postinvasion Iraq: (Re) Politicizing George W. Bush's Silent Legacy
Authors:      Katrina Lee-Koo
ISBN-10(13):      ODVN
Publisher:      Violence Against Women Journal, Vol. 17, No.12, December 2011
Publication date:      December 2011
Language:      English
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Description:      This article explores the increase in gender-based violence against civilian women in Iraq since 2003 and connects it to the U.S.-led invasion of that country.  It outlines the complex nature of the gender-based violence and the impact that it has had on civilian women in Iraq.  It then analyzes the links between this viokence and the politics of the postinvasion period.  This article alsi explores how this violence has been politicized.  Ultimatelu, the article (re)politicizes gender-based violence through a feminist lens and argues that the security of Iraq's women is fundamental to the stability of Iraq as a whole.