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Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict: United Nations Response ...
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/cover.htm reviewsSexual violence as a weapon of war www.unicef.org/sowc96pk/sexviol.htm reviews
News Feature Sexual violence as a weapon of war Violence against women, especially rape, has added its own brand of shame to recent wars. From conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Peru to Rwanda, girls and women have been singled out for rape, imprisonment, torture and execution. Rape, identified by psychologists as the most intrusive of traumatic events, has been documented in many armed ...
www.unicef.org/sowc96pk/sexviol.htm reviewsKOSOVO BACKGROUNDER: SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS INTERNATIONAL CRIME(Press Release, May 1999) www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/kos0510.htm reviews
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www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/kos0510.htm reviewsRape and War: A GBGM Mission Issues Page: Annotated Links to United Methodist and Other gbgm-umc.org/global/rape-war.html reviews
Rape during wartime constitutes acts of violence perpetrated by soldiers against girls and women of enemy countries or opposing sides, often under orders. Rape is used as an extension of warfare. Mass rape is an increasingly sophisticated weapon of war, as it is being used in the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict and in other conflicts such as Haiti, Georgia (CIS), and Rwanda in the world today.
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