PhD researcher Joshua Akintayo has co-authored an article with Emeka Thaddues Njoku in the South African Journal of International Affairs.
The article is: Sex for survival: Terrorism, poverty and sexual violence in north-eastern Nigeria.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2021.1927166
The article argues that terrorism creates poor economic conditions that compel women and girls to engage in transactional sex in exchange for money, food, shelter, protection, and marriage, despite the risks of socio-legal persecutions. This further intensifies the vulnerability of women and girls to sexual violation by security force personnel and aid workers who may exploit their positions of relative power. Furthermore, the lax government response to the rise of Conflict Relates Sexual Violence (CRSV), partly arising from this trade in sex, has contributed to its growth. The study builds on the debate regarding the motivations behind CRSV.