Banwell, Stacy ORCID: 0000-0001-7395-2617 (2024) Extreme weather events and survival sex during the Syrian war. In: Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, 18-21 Jun 2024, The Hague, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This Syrian war economy reinforced existing patterns of violence against women and girls, while exposing them to new forms of GBV, for example structural forms of GBV. Structural violence is defined here as women’s lack of access to healthcare, education and formal employment. In this paper I consider how climate variability and the extreme weather events it can lead to, such as droughts (1) increases poverty levels (2) diminishes formal employment opportunities and (3) leads to coping, combat and criminal informal economies within and beyond the conflict zone (Peterson, 2009). Specifically, I examine how women resorted to selling sex and/or providing sexual services as a means of survival during the war. I will argue that survival sex is not a natural part of war/armed conflict. Rather, as in the case of Syria, coerced sexual activities can be linked to extreme weather events, such as droughts, caused by climate change.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	survival sex, extreme weather events, climate change
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	30 Jul 2024 14:02
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/47634

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