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Conflict-Related Coercive Control: A Framework for Understanding Women's Experiences of Group-Based Coercive Control in Conflict-Affected Settings

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents a new “Framework of Paramilitary-related Coercive Control.” Based on empirical research in Northern Ireland, the paper evidences how coercive control can be used as an analytical lens to approach understanding of armed-actor-related intimate-partner violence, as well as being a form of conflict-related harm. The paper advances the concept of “conflict-related coercive control,” showing how the predatory nature of armed group social control is the basis for the endemic gendered control of women. It expands the study of intimate partner-based coercive control towards group-based control of women, and by so doing, expands the concept of social control, evidencing the gendered nature of armed group governance.

Source: Violence Against Women

DOI: 10.1177/10778012251409155

Author: Aisling Swaine

Institution: University College Dublin

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Security, and Conflict

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650