Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War: The Case of Boko Haram

• Thesis title in Czech: Genderově podmíněné násilí jako válečný nástroj: Případová studie Boko Haram
• Thesis title in English: Gender-Based Violence as a Weapon of War: The Case of Boko Haram
• Key words: Genderově podmíněné násilí, Sexuální násilí, Znásilnění v době války, Ozbrojený konflikt, Boko Haram, Nigérie
• English key words: Gender-based violence, Sexual violence, Wartime rape, Armed conflict, Boko Haram, Nigeria
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2021/2022
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of International Relations (23-KMV)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Markéta Kocmanová, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 07.06.2022
• Date of assignment: 07.06.2022
• Date and time of defence: 22.06.2023 10:00
• Venue of defence: Jinonice - Nový Kampus, B329, 329, seminární místnost IPS
• Date of electronic submission: 27.04.2023
• Date of proceeded defence: 22.06.2023
• Opponents: PhDr. JUDr. Tomáš Karásek, Ph.D.

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Preliminary scope of work

Genderově podmíněné násilí během ozbrojených konfliktů není novým fenoménem, ve společnosti se vyskytuje již po mnoho staletí. Největší dopad však zaznamenal až během 20. století, kdy se mu teprve začalo dostávat také značné pozornosti nejen od vědeckých pracovníků, ale také celosvětové veřejnosti. Pozornost se však soustředila pouze na jeho nejznámější a nejběžnější formu – sexuální násilí. Především díky práci feministických vědkyň však byly v druhé polovině 20. století odhaleny i další formy násilí, včetně psychického a fyzického násilí, nucených sňatků, nucených těhotenství či potratů, mrzačení ženských pohlavních orgánů či použití žen jako sebevražedných atentátnic. Tato diplomová práce se věnuje genderově podmíněnému násilí na ženách a dívkách v severovýchodní Nigérii ze strany Boko Haram. Jejím cílem je zjistit, jak skupina Boko Haram ovlivnila míru genderově podmíněného násilí v zemi, zda přinesla nové trendy v tomto jevu a jak ovlivnila životy dotčených žen a dívek. Přitom se práce opírá o teorii strategického znásilnění a feministickou teorii, jejichž kombinace dává prostor pro vysvětlení genderově podmíněného násilí ze strany Boko Haram, které jednak využívá ženy a dívky jako strategické objekty, ale navíc vychází ze silně patriarchální společnosti, kde jsou ženy brány jako podřadné pohlaví.

Preliminary scope of work in English

Gender-based violence during armed conflicts is not a new phenomenon; it has been present in society for many centuries. It had its greatest impact during the 20th century, when it was just beginning to receive considerable attention not only from scholars but also from the global public. However, attention has focused only on its most well-known and common form – sexual violence. However, it was mainly thanks to the work of feminist scholars that other forms of violence were exposed in the second half of the 20th century, including psychological and physical violence, forced marriages, forced pregnancies or abortions, female genital mutilation, and the use of women as instruments of war and suicide bombers. This thesis examines gender-based violence against women and girls in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram. It aims to find out how Boko Haram has affected the level of gender-based violence in the country, whether it has brought about new trends in the phenomenon and how it has affected the lives of women and girls. In doing so, the thesis draws on strategic rape theory and feminist theory, the combination of which provides a framework for explaining gender-based violence by Boko Haram, which both uses women and girls as strategic objects, but moreover is inherently based on a strongly patriarchal society.