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“We live in a very small community and as such everyone knows what happened to my daughter. And because of this, she will never get married. Which man will want her now?"
There are currently over one million refugees from South Sudan living in settlements in Uganda. Sexual abuse is rife in the camps, but is seldom ever reported.
- Cases that involve refugees and locals are the most reported. Rarely are those concerning either just locals or refugees....
- At lease one defilement or rape case is reported each day.
- Cases of sexual abuse are often settled by forcing the two people involved to get married, or by monetary compensation from the perpetrator’s family to the victim’s.
A male survivor of sexual violence during the Bosnian conflict eloquently summarized the frustrations that he, and many like him, continue to face a quarter of a century since the start of the war. He said: “During the war, we were victims of the crimes and the criminals; today, we are victims of society and the system”. Too many survivors have had to wait years – even decades – for their proverbial “day in court”.
Today, on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide, we would like to take a moment to remember the victims and survivors alike of this terrible period in our world’s history. During the 1994 genocide, 800,000 people were killed and between 100,000 and 250,000 women were raped in the space of 3 months. With so many conflicts still raging across the world, we must never forget Rwanda.
14 policiers ont reçu une formation sur les violences sexuelles liées au conflit (VSLC), grace au Bureau de la Conseillère Principale pour la Protection des Femmes et MINUSMA. La session de 3 jours était articulée autour de la prévention, la lutte et la réponse aux VSLC.
https://minusma.unmissions.org/former-les-officiers-de-poli…
Sexual violence against boys in #Syria is usually carried out to force a confession. See the latest submission from All Survivors Project to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding boys and the conflict in Syria.
http://allsurvivorsproject.org/…/ASP-CRC-Submission-on-Syri…
While the recent conclusion of the almost eight year investigation phase is a major achievement, SRSG Pramila Patten calls on the Gouvernement Guinéen Officiel to show leadership and responsibility by ensuring that trials start as soon as possible.
Head over to our website to read the latest press release from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict: https://bit.ly/2GU2AoS
According to UNFPA, more than 3 million Yemeni women and girls are at risk of gender-based violence, and 60,000 women are at risk of sexual violence, including rape. Many cases of gender-based violence remain unreported, adding to an incomplete picture of the scale of violence against women.
http://www.care.org/…/more-3-million-women-and-girls-yemen-…
"Preventing and addressing sexual violence is one of the great moral challenges of our time. We need to expand the circle of allies, stakeholders and champions, and sustain the political momentum generated in recent years to propel real change at the community-level. Sexual violence is not a “private” burden to be borne by the victims; it is a social problem requiring a sustained response. Rape is still the only crime that casts a long shadow of social disgrace upon the victim, rather than the victimizer. We must reverse and redirect this stigma, to send a clear signal that the only shame of rape is in committing, commanding or condoning it." Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
"Sharing my experience with social workers here, the way they respond and support me, keeps me stronger." — a survivor of sexual violence in an interview at a UNFPA-supported women’s centre in Khanke, northern Iraq.
Health workers in conflict zones play a critical role in addressing SGBV, not just in the way that they treat their patients medically, but also in their ability to connect survivors to counselling and legal services.
https://www.unfpa.org/…/health-workers-can-treat-empower-su…
Every month, about 10,000 migrants enter #Yemen. Usually, their hope is to reach Gulf countries but they often become targets in the conflict and only rarely they reach their destinations. After being tricked by traffickers, the migrants are stuck in Yemen, where they face different dangers: from death due to hunger and dehydration during the journey to exploitation and kidnapping, forced labor, sexual violence, torture and threats.
http://www.iom.int/…/stranded-migrants-refugees-return-home…
In #Iraq, SGBV survivors chose to be confined to the camps to facing society because they feared being labelled as rape victims and sexual slaves.
https://www.egypttoday.com/…/Iraqi-women-raped-by-IS-prefer…
#Bangladesh: Sexual violence is a medical emergency, requiring treatment within an urgent window of time to prevent an unwanted pregnancy or possible infections such as HIV. Too often, the window for prevention is closed by the time care is sought.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/…/supporting-rohingya-…
South Sudan: the UN Security Council adopted resolution 2406 (2018) renewing the United Nations Mission in South Sudan mandate until 15 March 2019, demanding that parties end the fighting and signalling its intention to consider all measures, including an arms embargo, against those obstructing peace in the war-torn nation.
The Security Council also expressed grave concern at the findings of UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict of the systematic and widespread use of sexual violence as a tactic by parties to the conflict against the civilian population, particularly against women and girls.
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- 4.5 M people are currently displaced in the #DRC
- 746,000 Congolese fled to neighbouring countries
- 13 M people need humanitarian assistance...
- 4.6 M + children are acutely malnourished
- humanitarian needs have doubled since 2017
- the worst cholera outbreak in 15 years
- sexual violence is largely unreported and unaddressed.
“Without a halt to the violence and a successful political transition, these numbers will all increase”, Mark Lowcock, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sc13253.doc.htm
Kali tiene el mundo a sus pies, ¿o no? La violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas les impide alcanzar su potencial y lograr sus sueños. Les niega una voz, una opción y el poder de controlar sus propias vidas. Pero todos y todas podemos tomar medidas para cambiar esto. Descubre la historia de Kali y aprende cómo su historia es nuestra historia. #HerStoryOurStory
