Conflict, Climate Change and COVID Combine to Create a Breeding Ground for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Aug 26, 2022 | Helen Clark, Michelle Bachelet, and José M. Albares
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Rape is being used in conflict as a deliberate military strategy, and is feared most by women and girls as soon as the shooting starts.

They are right to be afraid. It is vital to highlight just how shockingly common rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence have become in humanitarian settings worldwide.

Conflict related sexual violence is on the rise globally – in a report of the UN Secretary General to the UN Security Council, 49 global parties were noted as being credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict in 2021.