@article{fdi:010095063,
  title = {{W}hen silence makes sense : the trivialization of rape in {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire},
  author = {{G}nazal{\'e}, {A}nnick},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}ape was made a criminal offense in {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire in 1981. {H}owever, it was not until the decade of political and military crisis in {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire - beginning in 2002 - that rape was marked as a matter of public concern.





{P}rior to this decade, and despite criminalization in 1981, rape was shrouded in both institutional and social silence. {T}his article argues that the silence observed during this period reflects the trivialization of rape in {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire.





{T}his argument draws from data including rape decisions reported in the press between 1960 and 2002. {I}t also draws from interviews that were conducted with representatives from national and international institutions, victims





and perpetrators of rape, their families and civil society players. {S}tudy data were interpreted in the light of Élisabeth {N}o{\¨e}lle-{N}eumann's 'spiral of silence' theory. {A}ccording to this theory, fear of isolation can lead to silencing





individuals (or the {S}tate) who renounce their own judgement if their opinion contradicts the opinion shared in their social (or political) environment.},
  keywords = {{COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {ABIDJAN} ; {BOUAKE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}eminists@law},
  volume = {14},
  numero = {},
  pages = {en ligne [16 ]},
  ISSN = {2046-9551},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.22024/{U}ni{K}ent/03/fal.1351},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010095063},
}