Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Alphabetical Index

+ Author Index

+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

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Geographical Index

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+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

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Topical Index

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Start: Topical Index: Types: Rape: Genocidal Rape: 20th Century:

Types: Rape:
BANGLADESH GENOCIDE

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Bangladesh genocide was the ethnic cleansing of Bengalis residing in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the Bangladesh Liberation War, perpetrated by the Pakistan Army and the Razakars militia. It began on 25 March 1971, as Operation Searchlight was launched by West Pakistan (now Pakistan) to militarily subdue the Bengali population of East Pakistan; the Bengalis comprised the demographic majority and had been calling for independence from the Pakistani state. Seeking to curtail the Bengali self-determination movement, erstwhile Pakistani president Yahya Khan approved a large-scale military deployment, and in the nine-month-long conflict that ensued, Pakistani soldiers and local pro-Pakistan militias killed between 300,000 and 3,000,000 Bengalis and raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women in a systematic campaign of mass murder and genocidal sexual violence.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)


K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century

II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Bangladeshi History, Pakistani History

III. Topical Index: Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: Bangladesh Liberation War


B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Liptak, Paige. Weaponizing Sexual Violence: Variations Between Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Genocidal Rape. Master's Thesis, Wright State University, 2025.

II. Speaker Index

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