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Sudan: Int'l Day to End Sexual Violence in Conflict Puts Widespread Sudan Atrocities in Focus
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Sudan: Int'l Day to End Sexual Violence in Conflict Puts Widespread Sudan Atrocities in Focus
Dabanga Sudan -- As Sudan's war extends into its third year, women and girls are facing unprecedented levels of violence and displacement, with armed groups systematically using sexual violence as a weapon of war. On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the story of a small group of women, now sheltering in eastern Chad, offers a glimpse into the broader reality of many Sudanese people.
Today is the 10th International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. But the wars are becoming more, and thus also the number of sexualized acts of violence. On 19 June 2008, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1820 condemning rape and other forms of sexualised violence as war tactics and as an obstacle to peace-building. Sexualised violence is considered war crimes, crimes against humanity or even genocide. In 2015, the…
Expert urges compassion for conflict-related sexual violence survivors
A gender specialist is urging families, communities, and stakeholders in South Sudan to show compassion, not condemnation, toward survivors of sexual violence in conflict, in a bit to end to stigma, shame, and blame. Salume Kwaje Taban, a sexual violence specialist with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Sudan, made the appeal during an interview on Eye Radio’s Dawn show this morning. She stressed the importance of emot…
June 19, 2025. KIC Myanmar has recorded 963 cases of sexual violence committed by military council members in ethnic areas during the four years of conflict following the military coup, according to a report compiled and released by the Women’s League (Myanmar)-WLB on June 18. Women in conflict areas are often subjected to sexual violence, but perpetrators are not identified and arrested, and victims are threatened with death. WLB released the r…
Using Technology to Combat Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Conflict-related sexual violence is one of the most horrific human rights violations, affecting women, men, girls, and boys in conflict zones at alarming rates. Over the past decade, the UN has verified more than 51,000 cases, with a staggering 50% increase in 2023 alone. Women and girls account for 95% of victims, and nearly a third of cases involve children. Recent surges in places like Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of the…
Sudan: ‘I survived rape, but I do not know how to survive life after it’ |
Over two years after civil war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former allies-turned rival militia, the RSF, Sudan is now the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with nearly 13 million displaced. Rape used as a weapon of war, together with other sexual violence, has disproportionately shattered the lives of women and […]
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