SynthesisInternational journal for equity in health2023
Negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on survivors: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.
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- State and Non-State Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls During the Northern Irish 'Troubles': A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
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- Social ecosystems of trafficked conflict-related sexual violence survivors and their children: navigating and coping with intersecting stigma and violence in Nigeria and Iraq.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- From harm to healing: transforming the lives of victims of conflict-related sexual violence through reparation.BMJ global health · 2026Review
- Health among sexual and gender minority people affected by armed conflict and forced displacement: Call for a biocultural and minority stress framework.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026Review
- Violence against women in North-East Piedmont, Italy: a cross-sectional study on patients accessing the emergency department (2017-2020).International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Addressing sexual violence as a weapon of war: A critical call for action in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Exposure to wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: nationally representative prevalence 30 years after the 1992-1995 war.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Barriers to and Enablers of Preventive Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Among Women Seeking Asylum in Melbourne, Victoria: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Estimating Incidence of Induced Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Refugee Settlements in Uganda.Studies in family planning · 2025Article
- An ecological model of barriers to accessing care for pregnancy resulting from sexual violence: a rapid review.Reproductive health · 2025Review
- Understanding nature, barriers, and facilitators in addressing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in conflict zones of Africa: A scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Patterns and dynamics of conflict-related sexual violence: an insight from 54 African countries.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- 'This caused our journey': the relationship between sexual and gender-based violence and cross-border Sudan to South Sudan migration.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- A protocol for a systematic review of health consequences of conflict-related sexual violence (2015-2024).Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Epigenetic modifications and transgenerational inheritance in women victims of violence (EWVV).Environmental epigenetics · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in the Study of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Conflict-related and sexual trauma in treatment-seeking Arabic-speaking men: a cross-sectional study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Migrant survivors of conflict-related sexual violence accessing a specialist health service in Turin, Italy: a qualitative analysis of clinical forensic interview transcripts.Frontiers in sociology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundConflicts exacerbate dynamics of power and inequalities through violence normalization, which acts as a facilitator for conflict-related sexual violence. Literature addressing its negative outcomes on survivors is scant. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze the qualitative evidence reported in scientific literature and focusing on the negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on victims' physical, psychological, and social dimensions of health in a gender-inclusive and disaggregated form.
methodsA literature search was conducted on January 13, 2023 on Pubmed, Scopus, and PsychArticles. The search strings combined two blocks of terms related to sexual violence and conflict. A time filter was applied, limiting the search to studies published in the last ten years. Information regarding the main characteristics and design of the study, survivors and their experience, and about conflict-related sexual violence was collected. The negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on the physical, psychological, and social dimension of victims were extracted according to the Biopsychosocial model of health. The review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for systematic reviews and relied on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses.
resultsAfter full text review, 23 articles met the inclusion criteria, with 18 of them reporting negative repercussions on physical health, all of them highlighting adverse psychological outcomes, and 21 disclosing unfavorable social consequences. The negative outcomes described in multiple studies were sexual and reproductive health issues, the most mentioned being pregnancy, manifestations of symptoms attributable to post-traumatic stress disorder, and stigma. A number of barriers to access to care were presented as emerging findings.
conclusionsThis review provided an analysis of the negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on survivors, thus highlighting the importance of qualitative evidence in understanding these outcomes and addressing barriers to access to care. Conflict-related sexual violence is a sexual and reproductive health issue. Sexuality education is needed at individual, community, and provider level, challenging gender norms and roles and encompassing gender-based violence. Gender-inclusive protocols and services need to be implemented to address the specific needs of all victims. Governments should advocate for SRHRs and translate health policies into services targeting survivors of CRSV.
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