The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict
Publish Date:
2007
Description:
This publication is a reference book as well as photo essay of portraits and testimonies of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war, and is now available online to IRIN readers. The photographs are also available to download in PDF format.
This In-Depth examines the scope, nature and perpetrators of sexual violence during war. It considers how the international community is addressing sexual violence against women and girls during and after conflict. Above all, the aim of the In-Depth and book is to inform, to shock and to join the voices saying ‘Enough’! Sexual violence against women and girls does not have to be an inevitable consequence of war.
The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict
Bibliography:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs/Integrated Regional Information Networks
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