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Violence during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 took a gender-specific form when , over the course of 100 days , up to half a million women were raped , sexually mutilated or murdered .. Rwandan Genocide. Rwandan Genocide. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda -LRB- ICTR -RRB- handed down the first conviction for the use of rape as a weapon of war during the civil conflict , and , because the intent of the mass violence against Rwandan women was to destroy , in whole or in part , a particular ethnic group , it was the first time that mass rape during wartime was found to be an act of genocide , termed genocidal rape .. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. genocidal rape. genocidal rape. in whole or in part. Genocide#In part. The mass rapes were carried out by the Interahamwe militia and members of the civilian population , the Rwandan military , and the Rwandan Presidential Guard .. Interahamwe. Interahamwe. Rwandan military. Rwandan Defence Forces. The sexual violence was directed at the national and local levels by political and military leaders in the furtherance of their goal , the destruction of the Tutsi ethnic group .. Tutsi. Tutsi. There was extensive use of propaganda through both print and radio to incite violence against women , with both mediums being used to portray Tutsi women as untrustworthy , and as acting against the Hutu majority .. Tutsi. Tutsi. Hutu. Hutu. The conflict resulted in an estimated 2,000 to 10,000 `` war babies '' being born as a result of forced impregnation .. war babies. war babies