Media Post 1: Knowledge and Power
In nations afflicted with war, violence and psychological trauma affect all individuals. Despite this, it is common for global media coverage and community members experiencing the conflict to place a major focus on aspects of war such as fatality tolls and geographical destruction. While those aspects of war are devastating, focusing only on them can lead to the different ways in which aggression and suffering occur remaining unacknowledged, never expressed, or actively erased. Notably, an article by Olivera Simic a journalist with ‘Balkan Insight’, titled “Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, Ukraine Draws Lessons from Bosnia” draws attention to the very acts of violence that are excluded from both small and large-scale discussions, as well as in the process of resistance during and recovery from war. In highlighting how prevalent–and yet unknown–acts of sexual violence are in global conflicts, this article illuminates how societal values limit communication...