Documentaries & Videos

Documentaries & Videos

Crimes of Sexual Violence

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 

The Tribunal has played a historic role in the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in the former Yugoslavia and has paved the way for a more robust adjudication of such crimes worldwide.

https://www.icty.org/en

Webinar: Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Conflict  

OpenGlobalRights

Webinar: Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Conflict

Check out our latest webinar on: Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Conflict with Charu Lata Hogg of the All Survivors Project and Sophie Sutrich of International Committee of the Red Cross

Публикувахте от OpenGlobalRights в Сряда, 5 юни 2019 г.

 

“Gender Against Men” 

 Refugee Law Project, Uganda

‘Gender Against Men’ is an advocacy-oriented documentary exposing the hidden world of sexual and gender based violence against men in the conflicts of the Great Lakes Region of Africa. We are extremely proud to announce that this documentary won the prize for ‘BEST DOCUMENTARY’ at the Kenya International Film Festival which was held from 21 to 31 October 2009 under the theme ‘Celebrating Our Cultural Diversity Through Cinema’.

https://www.refugeelawproject.org/component/allvideoshare/video/gender-against-men

1st South-South Institute on Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys, 

Refugee Law Project, Uganda

This video highlights the way in which the Institute, under the heading Towards Inclusive Responses to Sexual and Gender Based Violence opened up space for male survivors of conflict-related sexual violence to speak about their experiences and reflect with a range of practitioners and academics on the implications of what they had been through.

https://www.refugeelawproject.org/component/allvideoshare/video/1st-south-south-institute-on-sexual-violence-against-men-and-boys

Can Police understand conflict related sexual violence against men (Police Instructors Training)

Refugee Law Project, Uganda

The six minute video highlights attitudinal change amongst Uganda Police Officers on issues regarding gender and sexuality, while critically reflecting on the realization that men and boys are also victims of the Conflict Related Sexual Violence

https://www.refugeelawproject.org/resources/video-advocacy?slg=Can-Police-understand-conflict-related-sexual-violence-against-men

Sexual violence: Male rape as a tool of subjugation during war

Refugee Law Project, Uganda

Most of the victims of rape are women. However of recent, rape especially as a tool of war to subdue men, is on the increase. Men of Hope is an association under the Refugee Law Project trying to rehabilitate the lives of 150 men who have been raped by fellow males. Some of these victims were raped during attempts to quell armed struggle in northern Uganda after the NRM captured power in 1986.

https://www.refugeelawproject.org/component/allvideoshare/video/sexual-violence-male-rape-as-a-tool-of-subjugation-during-war

Journey To Overcoming Effects Sexualized Torture

Refugee Law Project, Uganda

Refugee Law Project, through its Media for Social Change Programme uses audio-visual medium as a tool to show the work being done at RLP as well as highlight the plight of forced migrants in Uganda. 

https://www.refugeelawproject.org/resources/video-advocacy?slg=Journey-To-Overcoming-Effects-Sexualized-Torture

How is sexual violence still being used as a weapon of war against men and women?

euronews (in English) , 16 Nov 2018

Euronews speaks to people at the Women’s Forum Global Meeting about how rape is being used as a weapon of war. …

The 4th South-South Institute on Sexual Violence Against Men & Boys in Conflict & Displacement

Refugee Law Project, 27 May 2019

Steven Kighoma: raising awareness of conflict related sexual violence against men and boys.

Institute of Development Studies, 8 Oct 2015

This short film is part of a series of five testimonies from male survivor activists giving their perspective on responses to their experience of sexual violence. 

Alain Kabenga: a strong voice against conflict related sexual violence

 Institute of Development Studies, 8 Oct 2015

This short film is part of a series of five testimonies from male survivor activists giving their perspective on responses to their experience of sexual violence. 

Male Sexual Assault: Hidden Trauma

Psychiatric Times,  Joan Cook, PhD, December 17, 2019

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/article/male-sexual-assault-hidden-trauma

 

Sexual Violence Against Men in Global Politics

The Graduate Institute, Geneva

We need to talk about sexual violence against men. “Sexual Violence Against Men in Global Politics”, a new book co-edited by the Graduate Institute’s Elisabeth Prügl and Paula Drumond, along with Marysia Zalewski and Maria Stern, sets out to tackle this by combining theorisation of sexual violence in general with empirical data from archival research and field research

Sexual Violence Against Men in Global Politics

#newbook We need to talk about sexual violence against men."Sexual Violence Against Men in Global Politics", a new book co-edited by the Graduate Institute’s Elisabeth Prügl and Paula Drumond, along with Marysia Zalewski and Maria Stern, sets out to tackle this by combining theorisation of sexual violence in general with empirical data from archival research and field research. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2zIJakb

Публикувахте от The Graduate Institute, Geneva в Сряда, 25 юли 2018 г.

Male survivors of sexual abuse hope for more understanding

Given proper support, male survivors of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation can rebuild and heal, says UBC professor Elizabeth Saewyc. For more, visit https://news.ubc.ca/2015/06/26/tackling-the-trauma-male-survivors-of-sexual-abuse-hope-for-more-understanding/

Joseph’s story: activist in the Men of Hope Refugee Association, Uganda

This short film is part of a series of five testimonies from male survivor activists giving their perspective on responses to their experience of sexual violence. After he suffered conflict-related sexual violence in his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph fled to Uganda for safety. Today he is an activist in the Men of Hope Refugee Association, a group of Male Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence raising awareness on sexual violence against men and boys. The video was produced by the Video Advocacy Unit of the Refugee Law Project in Uganda. RLP is a partner in an IDS research project on collective action against sexual and gender-based violence. Find out more at the Interactions website: http://interactions.eldis.org/gender-based-violence

Men Can Be Raped Too

This film breaks the silence around sexual violence against men in conflict. Scripted, filmed and acted by members of a unique support group “Men of Hope”, this ground breaking work captures the multiple impacts of this under-recognized reality; suicide attempts, family disintegration, unemployment, stigmatization, exclusion, and more.