"A year ago I was raped. Here’s what I have learned" - Anonymous

Since the attack I have experienced an astonishing concoction of trauma, pain and grief. Life is hard, but it goes on

"Prostitution is slavery" - Julie Bindel

Prostitution is a system of commercial sexual exploitation, which is reliant on and steeped in racism, colonialism, slavery, genocide and abuse of the most marginalised and disenfranchised women and girls. The sex trade has much in common with the slave trade.

"Prosecuting ISIS crimes against women and LGBTIQ people would set a crucial precedent" - Lisa Davis

A potentially precedent-setting petition at the International Criminal Court could help human rights advocates and survivors of gender-based crimes in conflict.

"Has rape become a weapon to silence atheists in Bangladesh?" - Rumana Hashem

“There is no place for me in Bangladesh," says a young woman blogger who fled the south Asian country in 2017 following a gang rape.

Vergonha! - "Eight Charged In Malala Attack Secretly Acquitted"

The Pakistani police and the country's public prosecutor said Friday that eight out of 10 militants charged with involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist and later Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai were actually acquitted in April — and not sentenced to life in prison as reported at the time.The stunning announcement, which first came from Pakistan's deputy police chief, Azad Khan, offered no explanation as to why authorities had remained silent for so many weeks or why they had failed to correct the facts earlier.

"“Here, Rape is Normal”"

A Five-Point Plan to Curtail Sexual Violence in Somalia

"Time to End Sexual Violence In Burma"

For too many people in Burma, the sound of gunfire and mortar bombs is a familiar one. For decades the Burmese army has relentlessly attacked civilians in Burma’s ethnic states. The United Nations has documented multiple possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Burmese army, which has deliberately targeted civilians. Unknown millions have fled such attacks in the six decades since Burma gained independence.

Dia Internacional da Mulher, International Women's Day

"SAY NO TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT"

Women and girls hardly ever fight the world's wars, but they often suffer the most. Increasingly, they are the direct targets of fighting, when sexual violence is deliberately used as a tactic of warfare.

And yet fewer than 8 percent of the people who negotiate peace deals are women, and only about three dozen individuals have been convicted and jailed by international war crimes tribunals for committing or commanding widespread sexual violence.

Sexual violence in conflict is NOT inevitable. It can be stopped.

Ten years ago, in its landmark resolution 1325, the United Nations Security Council called for women's full and equal participation in all elements of peacemaking, and for prevention of this kind of violence. But implementation of this historic resolution has been too slow.
Make Women Count for Peace

Add your name to this petition and ask your government to support three steps to implement Security Council resolution 1325:

* Prosecute those who command and/or commit sexual violence and exclude them from armies and police forces after conflict.
* Ensure that women participate in peace negotiations and all post-conflict decision-making institutions.
* Increase the number of women in troops, police forces and civilians within international peacekeeping efforts.

Assinem!

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