Savita Pawnday on Gender & Genocide

“…Gender-based violence is not just a byproduct of war; it is, in fact, a tactic of war…” In this video, Savita Pawnday, Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, examines how gender-based violence has contributed to mass atrocities and genocide. She provides examples of such violence during the Rwandan genocide, in Yugoslavia, and against Yazidi women in Iraq.

This interview was recorded June 2024.