Publication

This report provides cross-regional and international comparisons of some of the most dramatic consequences of armed violence. These include direct conflict deaths, indirect conflict deaths, post-conflict mortality, and non-conflict deaths such as homicide, disappearances, kidnappings and aid worker killings. The report also explores in a separate chapter the less-visible forms of violence against women, and where possible considers the gendered dimension of the most prominent forms of armed violence. While the overwhelming majority of victims (and perpetrators) of armed violence are men, there are gender-specific forms of violence that warrant greater analysis and that are poorly documented.