Gendered assumptions about which civilians were most likely to be killed resulted in the evacuation by humanitarian agencies of women and children from Srebrenica during the 1992-5 Bosnian war, leaving behind men and teenage boys, some 8000 of whom were slaughtered.

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During the Bosnian War, particularly in the Srebrenica massacre of July 1995, gendered assumptions led to the evacuation of women, children, and the elderly by the UN and other humanitarian organizations, under the belief that they were most vulnerable. This left behind men and teenage boys, many of whom were subsequently killed in what was one of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.

Gendered Assumptions About Which Civilians Were Most Likely to Be