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There also is a growing body of evidence to indicate that intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children are increased during and in the short term post-conflict. Evidence points to rape being a marked feature of conflict in some countries, but not in all conflicts. There has been a substantial focus on rape in conflict, which was drawn into sharp focus by the 2014 Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative Summit in London. The impact of conflict on violence against women and girls has been a growing area of concern over recent years. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government's official policies.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The funds were managed by the South African Medical Research Council. The writing of this paper has been funded by the South African Medical Research Council and UK aid from the UK government, via the What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls? Global Programme. In addition Partners for Prevention received financial support from the Governments of Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden. Access is managed by Kathy Taylor, Manager of Partners for Prevention email: Funding for the PNG study was provided by UNDP in Papua New Guinea and UNDP Regional Office for the Pacific, Fiji. Applicants are required to submit a proposal for the planned analysis for the consideration of the UNDP review panel. The authors have confirmed that interested researchers may apply for access to these data.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: The data underlying this study are third party data from the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD) regional office in Thailand. Received: NovemAccepted: SeptemPublished: October 25, 2017Ĭopyright: © 2017 Jewkes et al. PLoS ONE 12(10):Įditor: Iratxe Puebla, Public Library of Science, FRANCE Citation: Jewkes R, Jama-Shai N, Sikweyiya Y (2017) Enduring impact of conflict on mental health and gender-based violence perpetration in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study.