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Our Mission

Is to support global efforts to eradicate conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and strengthen national and international responses through research and action on CRSV against men, boys and/including people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sex characteristics (SOGIESC).

The Issue

Rape and other forms of sexual violence occurs in most contemporary armed conflicts. While disproportionately affecting women and girls, CRSV involving men and boys has been documented in over 25 different situations of armed conflict in recent decades. CRSV specifically targeting people with diverse SOGIESC has also occurred, but remains significantly unreported.

Victims/survivors of CRSV can experience profound physical and mental health consequences, as well social and economic harms. The consequences differ according to sex, gender, age and other variables, including an individual’s SOGIESC. Timely access to quality, survivor-centred medical care and other essential support is also impacted by many factors. In the case of male and/including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) victims/survivors, these can include negative social and cultural attitudes toward sexual violence involving males, structural discrimination against people with diverse SOGIESC, including discriminatory laws that criminalise consensual same-sex conduct, and/or diverse gender identities and expressions. Access to justice remains constrained for the vast majority of CRSV victims/survivors, with men, boys and/including people with diverse SOGIESC often facing specific gender-related legal and procedural barriers to realising their right to justice.

All Survivors Project (ASP) seeks to complement and reinforce existing work on CRSV against women and girls, recognising the disproportionate impact of CRSV on them and the way in which gendered inequalities, institutions and identities drive this form of violence. Our work on men, boys and/including people with diverse SOGIESC is aimed at enlarging the scope of research, analysis, action and responses to prevent and support victims/survivors to include those who are not always easily identified or supported within existing action on CRSV.

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Our Values

Committed to upholding human rights
Survivor-centred
Ethical and accountable

Independent and impartial

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How We Work

We conduct research and analysis in selected conflict-affected countries and on thematic issues.
We conduct international and national-level advocacy and engagement.
We raise awareness and deliver training and other forms of capacity building.
We seek to complement and reinforce existing work on CRSV against women and girls by challenging the power imbalances that underlie CRSV.
We put victims/survivors at the centre of our work in order to understand their experiences of CRSV and its impacts, as well their needs and wishes.
We prioritise building long-term, collaborative partnerships with key actors in the countries where we work to ensure our work is context-specific and sustainable, and seek to support mutual learning between national and international stakeholders.
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Our Focus Countries

ASP undertakes long-term, in-depth work on selected conflict-affected countries. Working with victims/survivors and in partnership with national and international actors on the ground, we conduct research, advocacy, training and other forms of capacity building to strengthen national responses to CRSV against men, boys and/including people with diverse SOGIESC and to inform international action.

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Our Reports

June 2022

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Country report

Deponer las Armas, Retomar las Almas (Laying Down Arms, Reclaiming Souls): Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in the Context of the Armed Conflict in Colombia

March 2021

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Country report

Enhancing Survivor-Centred Healthcare Response for Male Victims/Survivors of Sexual Violence in Afghanistan

April 2020

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Thematic report

The Health of Male and LGBT Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

September 2018

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Country report

“Destroyed from Within” Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Syria and Turkey

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Latest

December 2022

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Academia, Briefing

Buckinx, Barbara et al. The Intersection of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and LGBTQI+ Persons and Human Trafficking. Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton University.

December 2022

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Academia

Y Nesterko, K H Schönenberg & H Glaesmer. Mental health of recently arrived male refugees in Germany reporting sexual violence. Medicine, Conflict and Survival.

December 2022

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Briefing, UN documents & other IGO

Strengthening responses to conflict-related sexual violence against boys deprived of their liberty in situations of armed conflict

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Benyam Dawit Mezmur

This project is not only an idea whose time has come but also an idea whose time is long overdue in coming. At the centre of leaving no child left behind should also be the conscious effort to address sexual violence against boys.

Benyam Dawit Mezmur
Former Chairperson, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child — Vice Chairperson of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Manfred Nowak

My experience in Bosnia and other conflict situations shows that gender based violence against men and boys is even more of a taboo than against women and girls. This seems to be the main reason why there is not enough data available in this respect.

Manfred Nowak
UN Expert leading global study on children deprived of liberty — Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment (2004-10).
Ingrid Massage

I have no doubt that sexual violence and abuse against males is one of the most neglected, under-researched and often misunderstood issues. This project fills a gaping need.

Ingrid Massage
Senior Research Policy Advisor, Amnesty International — Former Deputy Director, Protection Division, OHCHR-Nepal
Ken Roth

Sexual violence is a scourge that must be combatted regardless of gender. This long overdue project seeks to ensure that boys and men are not left out.

Ken Roth
Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

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