…Feller of Australia; and Radhouane Noucier of Tunisia. In Ethiopia, Pramila Patten, the UN envoy for sexual violence in conflict, said she was “greatly concerned by serious allegations of sexual…
…on preventing sexual violence in conflict and minister of state. Guterres thanked Johnson for his country’s support of the UN and other matters. Britain also announced that it helped to…
…they were subjected to intense torture and degrading treatment,” an Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) report said about the case. “According to the complainant, the three suffered serious sexual abuse. . ….
Amal Clooney, the British human-rights lawyer, speaking in the Security Council on April 23, 2019, in which a resolution was adopted focusing on ending sexual violence in war. The essayist…
…use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, among other gender problems. But four new problems need to be tackled to further the 1325 agenda, writes Noeleen Heyzer, a…
…name only some of the transgressions. Wherever these activities take place at a large scale, they are associated with illicit financial flows, tax evasion, corruption, arms smuggling, human trafficking, sexual…
…changing nature of conflicts, the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, the issues of exclusion and injustice and the importance of women’s participation in peace and development….
…for an incoming administration, titled “First Priorities: Executive and Agency Actions,” based on their “Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice,” adopted in July. The list calls for…
…subjecting migrants passing through Libya to unlawful killings, disappearances, sexual violence and slavery. The US choice for the special envoy for Libya — the Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, currently the…
…and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo; and the special envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten. The first such “visit” in the pandemic, it coincided with the 20th anniversary of…
…year, IPI announced it would donate a sum equivalent to any donations received from Epstein’s foundations to programs that support victims of human trafficking and sexual assault.) “I first learned…
…leadership roles.” Violence against women is also a factor, she noted. “There have been incidents of harassment and hate speech targeted at women [candidates] not only on social media but…
…pandemic, from domestic violence to sexual abuse, online harassment and femicide,” he said. “This is a hidden war on women.” — BARBARA CROSSETTE In other speeches on Sept. 22, the…
…and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi advocate and survivor of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State, shared the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence…
…in 1995. Sexual harassment as an enforceable provision of state criminal and civil law did not exist in the US until the 1980s, for example. And we took no legislative…
