Rape During The Bosnian War
Section A: A Plan of Investigation
From 1992 to 1995, war broke lose in the Balkan Region between Bosnia-Herzegovina, and
Former Yugoslavia due to Bosnia-Herzegovina new founded independence.Over the three years,
Yugoslav army which consisted of mostly Serbs killed around 100,000 Bosnian. They army
targeted Bosnian Muslims and Croatians who were living in Bosnian- Herzegovina at the time
but created rape camps for Yugoslav Army to rape young girls and women. To determine to what
extent did the Yugoslav Army use rape as a weapon of war on Bosnian women, this investigation
will examine, the conditions of the women who were raped, how rape played a big part of the
war, and finally, how rape was used in war as a tactic.
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Hirsch stated the Foca in Bosnian became the major town where
most of the gang rape took place and Foca no longer became the largest town for rape. The paper
later talked about how Serbian women would also claim that they were raped by Bosnian men
during the war but that turned out false and was propaganda from the Serbs. The source
continues with how rape can be used for weapon of war. Rape can be used as a weapon of war
for an ethnic cleansing which they also did with a genocide, for humiliation, installed fear, and
lastly for information. It also included number of women that were raped which ranges fro
20,000 to 60,000 but there was a range because there was no evidence or support of different
sources. The paper ends with 3 letters from witnesses and victims of the rape during the war.
Women’s Bodies a Battlefield in War for the “Greater of Serbia” summarized why rape
was used in the war. Rape was always part of the atrocities of war and will always be, she
continued on listing majors wars in history where raped was used against women and even men.
The major bulk of the paper was about the stagey of a genocide. Halsell, the writer of the …show more content…
The last source was how rape is used in war and why it is used in war. UNICEF stated
that rape is continuing factor in wars and has not changed since the Bosnian War. Some place
like in Peru and Rwanda, mostly places that are facing war crisis use rape as a weapon. It goes
on saying, that rape was used in war to cause harm toward the civilians. The enemy tends to rape
women and girls to feel powerful and to make sure they are winning. When they would rape a
girl or a women, they own that girl or women, they become their’s. This leads into sex
trafficking and prostitution because since they have been raped, they become the enemy’s
property and now they can make money for them.
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Section C: Evaluation of Sources
Extract A:
The first source to be evaluated is “Women Siege Project: Bosnia” by Michele Lent
Hirsch. This origin of the source was a research done in February 8, 2012. This research paper
was created for the purpose of showing how rape in Bosnian started and why rape was used as
From 1992 to 1995, war broke lose in the Balkan Region between Bosnia-Herzegovina, and
Former Yugoslavia due to Bosnia-Herzegovina new founded independence.Over the three years,
Yugoslav army which consisted of mostly Serbs killed around 100,000 Bosnian. They army
targeted Bosnian Muslims and Croatians who were living in Bosnian- Herzegovina at the time
but created rape camps for Yugoslav Army to rape young girls and women. To determine to what
extent did the Yugoslav Army use rape as a weapon of war on Bosnian women, this investigation
will examine, the conditions of the women who were raped, how rape played a big part of the
war, and finally, how rape was used in war as a tactic.
Word Count: …show more content…
Hirsch stated the Foca in Bosnian became the major town where
most of the gang rape took place and Foca no longer became the largest town for rape. The paper
later talked about how Serbian women would also claim that they were raped by Bosnian men
during the war but that turned out false and was propaganda from the Serbs. The source
continues with how rape can be used for weapon of war. Rape can be used as a weapon of war
for an ethnic cleansing which they also did with a genocide, for humiliation, installed fear, and
lastly for information. It also included number of women that were raped which ranges fro
20,000 to 60,000 but there was a range because there was no evidence or support of different
sources. The paper ends with 3 letters from witnesses and victims of the rape during the war.
Women’s Bodies a Battlefield in War for the “Greater of Serbia” summarized why rape
was used in the war. Rape was always part of the atrocities of war and will always be, she
continued on listing majors wars in history where raped was used against women and even men.
The major bulk of the paper was about the stagey of a genocide. Halsell, the writer of the …show more content…
The last source was how rape is used in war and why it is used in war. UNICEF stated
that rape is continuing factor in wars and has not changed since the Bosnian War. Some place
like in Peru and Rwanda, mostly places that are facing war crisis use rape as a weapon. It goes
on saying, that rape was used in war to cause harm toward the civilians. The enemy tends to rape
women and girls to feel powerful and to make sure they are winning. When they would rape a
girl or a women, they own that girl or women, they become their’s. This leads into sex
trafficking and prostitution because since they have been raped, they become the enemy’s
property and now they can make money for them.
Word Count: 612
Section C: Evaluation of Sources
Extract A:
The first source to be evaluated is “Women Siege Project: Bosnia” by Michele Lent
Hirsch. This origin of the source was a research done in February 8, 2012. This research paper
was created for the purpose of showing how rape in Bosnian started and why rape was used as