Since the beginning of time, wars have been inherently gendered. Men typically go to war and fight, while women remain at home and care for the family.The battlefield itself is gendered as well; men are murdered while women's bodies are taken as booty.As history has repeatedly demonstrated the onset of conflict and war enhances the vulnerability of women and girls to war crimes, including all types of gender-based violence, unjustified killings, rape, and trafficking

Gender-Based Violence, War Crime, Sexual Violence, genocide, and Wartime.