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Needs and experiences of Rwandan women who raised a case at a gacaca court about sexual violence committed against them during the genocide in Rwanda

This dataset contains audio files of interviews with Rwandan survivors of sexual violence in relation to their participation in a gacaca court.
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    Data record related to this publication Needs and experiences of Rwandan women who raised a case at a gacaca court about sexual violence committed against them during the genocide in Rwanda
    Data Publication title Needs and experiences of Rwandan women who raised a case at a gacaca court about sexual violence committed against them during the genocide in Rwanda
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    This dataset contains audio files of interviews with Rwandan survivors of sexual violence in relation to their participation in a gacaca court.

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      This dataset contains audio files of interviews with Rwandan women who testified about sexual violence committed against them during the 1994 genocide before a gacaca court. The interviews focus on the women's motivations to participate in gacaca and their experiences with the process. The interviews were conducted in December 2015/ January 2016 by the researcher, assisted by a Kinyarwanda interpreter.

      The full methodology is available in the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below.

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  • Keywords
    • sexual violence
    • transitional justice
    • Rwanda
    • genocide
    • gender studies
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    People and Societies in the Tropics
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  • Start Date 2015/12/20
  • End Date 2016/01/10
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  • Locations
    • Southern Province and Kigali, Rwanda
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    Physical Location Secure data section of the Tropical Data Hub (TDH) archive - eResearch Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    The Data Manager is: Judith Rafferty
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    Access conditions Restricted: no access
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    • Data record size 2.2 GB
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      Name Herrmann, Judith (2017) Experiences, challenges, and lessons learned; interviewing Rwandan survivors of sexual violence. Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity, 5 (1). pp. 165-188.
    • URL https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/48792/
    • Notes Open Access
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    Citation Rafferty, Judith (2017): Needs and experiences of Rwandan women who raised a case at a gacaca court about sexual violence committed against them during the genocide in Rwanda. James Cook University. https://research.jcu.edu.au/data/published/cfd0659e2c952e0e9aedf13d5090a154