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‘Women’s Bodies are No One’s Battlefields’: Preventing War and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Posted: 31 Oct 2021 09:01 PM PDT

"Since time immemorial, rape has been used to control women's sexuality, labor, and reproduction, to shred the social fabric, to conquer territories and populations, and crush the enemy's moral and will to resist," said Under Secretary General Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, at an event focused on addressing conflict-related sexual […] Related posts: Localized Responses to Gender-Based Violence Leave Women-led Organizations Behind Safe from the...

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