Political Violence

Laura Sjoberg examines rare but revealing cases of female perpetrators of wartime sexual violence and how law and media make sense of them.

Dara Kay Cohen uses comparative data to explain why some armed groups perpetrate wartime rape at massive scale while others do not.

Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry analyze how violent women in global politics are explained away through gendered stories of motherhood, monstrosity, or sexuality.

Following a rape survivor through one night of hospitals and police stations, Kaouther Ben Hania exposes how institutions convert the demand for care into an ordeal of proof, shame, and intimidation.

Mai Masri’s prison drama follows a Palestinian teacher who gives birth in Israeli custody, locating motherhood, collective resistance, and political imprisonment within the same carceral space.