War's overlooked victims By The Economist 13 January 2011 Rape is horrifyingly widespread in conflicts all around the world SHORTLY after the birth of her sixth child, Mathilde went with her baby into the fields to collect the harvest. She saw two men approaching, wearing what she says was the uniform of the FDLR, a Rwandan militia. Fleeing them she ran into another man, who beat her head with a metal bar. She fell to the ground with her baby and

 Let There Be No Hiding Place for Rapists in War By John Kerry 9 June 2014 Sexual violence plagues every country. It is not just a domestic criminal justice issue. Acts of sexual violence demean our collective humanity. They perpetuate conflict and instability for generations. They make us all less secure, less prosperous and less free. So there are few causes worthier of international co-operation. In February, I was proud to announce to the world

Rwanda 20 years on: the tragic testimony of the children of rape Lindsey Hilsum, The Guardian 7 June 2014   Two decades after the 1994 genocide, a television journalist returns to hear the extraordinary testimony of women who were raped during the violence – and of the children born as a result When Josiane Nizomfura was 12, she wanted to get a glimpse of her father, so she sneaked out of school and went to the public trial where her mother was

  ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ The New York Times May 3, 2014 By Nicholas Kristof Dozens of heavily armed terrorists rolled into the sleepy little town one night in a convoy of trucks, buses and vans. They made their way to the girls’ boarding school. The high school girls, asleep in their dormitory, awoke to gunfire. The attackers stormed the school, set it on fire, and, residents said, then herded several hundred terrified girls into the vehicles

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Sexual Violence: a Tool of War “It has become more dangerous to be a woman fetching water or collecting firewood than a fighter on the frontline.” UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallström, February 2012   By Outreach Programme on the Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations Access: 02 April 2013   The victims of modern armed conflict are far more likely to be civilians than soldiers. According to

23 April 2012 "Uganda Ingrid Turinawe 'sexual abuse' protesters strip," by BBC News 20 April 2012 "Sexual violence as acts of genocide," by Genocide Watch 20 April 2012 "Uzbekistan carrying out forced sterilisations, say women," by Natalia Antelava, The Guardian 07 March 2012 "Congo-Kinshasa: The Forgotten Rape Capital of the World," by Felicia Wairagu, Institute for Security Studies 02 March 2012 "Rape as a continuing weapon of war in Darfur," by