title: Gender-based violence against civilian women in postinvasion Iraq: (re)politicizing George W. Bush's silent legacy.
abstract: This article explores the increase in gender-based violence against civilian women in Iraq since 2003 and connects it to the U.S.-led invasion of that country. It outlines the complex nature of the gender-based violence and the impact that it has had on civilian women in Iraq. It then analyzes the links between this violence and the politics of the postinvasion period. This article also explores how this violence has been politicized. Ultimately, the article (re)politicizes gender-based violence through a feminist lens and argues that the security of Iraq's women is fundamental to the stability of Iraq as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Australian National University, School of Politics and International Relations, Copland Building No. 24, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. Katrina.LeeKoo@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee-Koo
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime; D019548:Crime Victims; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D011902:Rape; D012449:Safety; D012940:Social Problems; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence; D014857:Warfare; D014933:Women's Rights